New school year starts for over 115,000 pupils in Czech Republic

After a two-month summer holiday, the new academic year started at kindergartens, elementary schools and secondary schools in the Czech Republic on Thursday morning. Around 115,500 children turned up for the first day of school, which was around 1,200 fewer than last year. The number of first grade pupils fell for the second year in a row. Teachers and other staff are receiving a pay rise from this month.