Azerbaijan, Baku / corr. Trend / Some 120,309 first-formers went to school on the Day of Education in Azerbaijan on 15 September. The Education Ministry of Azerbaijan reported that 1,564 of them went to lycees and high schools.
Some 1.5mln pupils will study in 1 and 11 classes in 2007/2008. Some 5mln books were allocated for pupils from the beginning of the new school year, Misir Mardanov, the Education Minister, said
Some 200 new schools will be constructed in Azerbaijan through state budget by the end of 2007. Repair work will be completed in 50 schools.
Some 3,693 Azerbaijani schools will be provided with 31,677 computers in order to improve information-communication technologies by the end of 2007.