Nearly 19,000 children from the municipality of Chisinau will be able to rest in camps managed or contracted by the municipality this summer. The day camps within education institutions open on June 1, while the camps with uninterrupted regime will work based on individual schedules that will be set after the municipality holds tender contests to contract services, IPN reports.

The parents will pay only 20% of the price of the ticket, while the other costs will be covered by the municipality. 20% of all the tickets to summer camps will be given free to children with special needs and from socially deprived families and to students with special academic results achieved during the year.

Deputy head of the Chisinau General Division of Education, Youth and Sport Valentina Cujba said that following requests from education institutions, it was decided that 33 day camps with a capacity of over 3,000 places will work in the first shift, during 15 days, except for Saturdays and Sundays. The price of a ticket to day camps is about 1,000 lei, but the parents will pay around 200 lei.

The price of a ticket to the three municipal camps with uninterrupted regime (Alunelul, Ciresarii and Poienita Vesela) is 1,710 lei for 12 days and 1,400 lei for 10 days. As in the case of day camps, the parents pay only 20% of the price. Children from two boarding schools will also go to these camps. Alunelul will also accommodate a group of children with special educational needs, with accompanying personnel.

The prices will be set after the tender contests. To purchase a ticket to the summer camp, the parents must go to the school where their children study.

The Chisinau Municipal Council allocated 23.9 million lei for running summer camps this year. An additional sum of over 3 million lei was earmarked for preparing the summer camps.