New school year welcomes over 719 thousand first graders

In the new school year, 719,366 children will enter the first grade. Each of them will receive a gift from the president, as reported by the Ministry of Preschool and School Education.

It is noted that the first graders' backpacks will include notebooks, a drawing album, watercolor paints, colored paper, a pencil case, pens, colored pencils, regular pencils, plasticine, glue, and an eraser.

The ministry specified that the gifts for first graders are to be delivered to the regions by August 10, and the schools will receive them by August 20.