New school year starts for Czech children

Monday saw the beginning of the school year for about 1.3 million children attending elementary and secondary schools throughout the Czech Republic. The number of pupils has been gradually decreasing over the past years, but the trend is expected to change, with more children entering elementary schools in the coming years. In his speech marking the start of a new school year, Education Minister Ondřej Liška warned pupils against bullying and called for greater tolerance of foreign students.