site.bta57,000 First Graders to Start School on September 15

On September 15, 57,000 first-graders will enter school for the first time, Education Minister Galin Tzokov said at a press conference in Varna on Friday. He added that on September 16, teams will begin checking on children that dropped out of the system. They will visit the homes of at-risk students and talk to parents. The Minister said that there are over 2,200 teams in the country, and that thanks to the efforts made under this mechanism so far, 80,000 children have returned to class, with about 50,000 permanently remaining in the system.