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Around 323,600 children will start the new academic year in September, 3,000 fewer than last year.
Number of school children in Lithuania down by 3,000
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Figures from the Ministry of Education and Science show that around 327,000 children started the academic year in 2017.

Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė told a press conference on Friday that the number of school-leavers has dropped around 7.5 percent from around 25,500

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