MAKTAB AND THE MAKTAB TEACHING OF THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA-ANALYSIS, EXPERIENCES AND SUGGESTIONS

Abstract

UDK: 28-735-472(497.6)

This article presents some basic information about maktab and maktab teaching of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina and analyses the data of maktab classes in academic 2021/2022., its, the application of the Teaching Plan and Programme and Ilmihal (the textbook). It also presents information about meshihats and umbrella organizations of the Islamic Community of the Bosniaks in the diaspora who have started the procedure of adaptations of the Teaching Plan and Program for the maktab class in their areas. The article focuses on the application of a single Teaching Plan and Program of the maktab class, the statistical analysis of the same, and some suggestions for its improvements. Another significant issue of the maktab class is the number of students attending it. Here we presented the data with the analysis of the number of enrolled students and regular attendees of maktab class in academic 2021/2022. This data is presented and analysed on the level of the organizational units of the Islamic Community: meshihats, muftiships, mufti offices, and the umbrella organizations of the Islamic Community of Bosniaks in the diaspora and on the level of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Regular reports on the teaching process are essential for the realization of the process, and the creation of new strategies for its realization and improvement. We have devoted a separate chapter to this issue here. The end part of the article offers some views of prospects for the improvement of the maktab class as well as some suggestions in this regard.