Summer Vacation Is
Over, Back To School Tomorrow In Costa Rica
The 2010 school year is ready to begin
tomorrow, three days late, due to the
presidential elections on Sunday.
The halls and classrooms of the country's
schools come back to life tomorrow, as
1.082.352 students head back to classes for
the 2010 school year.
This year the summer vacation as extended by
two extra days to allow for the schools to
be used as voting centres for the
presidential elections that took place on
Sunday.
The ministro de Educación, Leonardo Garnier,
assures that all is ready to receive the
students on their first day back to school,
save for some minor problems, that are
normal according to the minister.
Garnier said "that despite the little
problems, the school year will begin without
a hitch".
For the 2010 school year the Ministerio de
Educación Pública (MEP) will allocate ¢33
billion colones for grants that will be
given to 205.570 students and another ¢36
billion colones for meals at school for
608.000 children and youths.
The official act of opening the 2010 school
year will take place at the Fidel Chaves
school in La Rivera de Belén., which will be
officiated by Costa Rican president, Oscar
arias, minister Garnier and the vice-ministras
de MEP, Alejandrina Mata and Silvia Víquez,
among other education and government
officials and ministers.
The 2010 school year begins February 10 and
ends on December 17.
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