Children born in 2013 will be in first grade on September 1. In previous years the number of first graders was just over 20,000, but this year in many municipalities the number of enrolled children is lower than expected.
There are still ten days until the start of the new school year, and the crowds at bookstores and shops have already begun.
On September 1, the first graders are most pleased, as well as their parents, who will be welcoming the school year with a significantly empty family budget.
To prepare a first grader, parents need to spend around 8,000 denars.
While older students need more.
It is a concession for parents not to buy books, as the Ministry of Education and Science has been providing free books to all students for several years.
