260,000 children to go to 1st grade this year - Kazakh Education Minister

TANA. August 16. KAZINFORM /Muratbek Makulbekov/ More than 260 thousand children will go to the first grade this year, Kazakh Education and Science Minister Bakytzhan Zhumagulov said at the Government's sitting on Tuesday.

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Totally there will be more than 2.5 million school students in the 2011-2012 academic year.

According to the minister, there are 7,741 schools in Kazakhstan.