Almost two thirds of children in Chisinau are absent from kindergarten
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The kindergartens in Chisinau municipality are attended by 36% of the total number of children enrolled because many of the parents are on leave and leave their children at home with them or the elder brothers and sisters, who are on vacation.
Florica Rusu, head of the Preschool Education Service of the General Division of Education, Youth and Sport, has told Info-Prim Neo that the attendance rate at the end of December was over 70% of the total number of children. This week, it fell twofold to about 12,600 children.
According to Florica Rusu, about 1,000 of the total number of absent children are sick. The others are on vacation or at home.
There are over 150 kindergartens in the municipality of Chisinau. Under the internal regulations of kindergartens, the parents can keep their children at home for up to 75 days a year.