950 thousand pupils go to school on September 1

Today is the first day of the new academic year. 950 thousand pupils will go to Belarusian schools. Among them are 85 thousand first-formers. The first class of the new academic year is dedicated to the topic “Belarus – the country of my future”.

The number of pupils has decreased by more than 30 thousand people in comparison with the previous year, notes BelaPAN. At the same time, the number of first-formers has not changed.