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Between 50 and 100 schools are closed down in Belarus every year, Deputy Education Minister Kazimir Faryno told reporters in Minsk on August 19, as quoted by BelaPAN.
"A decision has been made to close down 52 schools this year: 18 primary schools, 22 nine-year schools and four 11-year schools," he said.
The number of students attending schools of general education in Belarus has been falling by some 30,000 every year, he revealed.
As many as 86,300 children are expected to become first graders this September.
The deputy minister said that the cost of textbooks for schoolchildren would vary between 10,400 and 28,530 rubels.