Concerns over children not in school rising

International bodies are worried that the number of children that may not go to school is rising. As a rule, they come from poor families, are disabled, or from gypsy families, Info-Prim Neo reports. {A research compiled by UNICEF, the World Bank, IOM and UNDP finds out realities about Moldovan children that must not be neglected.} Although, the primary education is free in Moldova, parents have to pay different taxes and payments, as poverty remains the main reason for not sending children to school. The study shows that the poor families spend only 0.4% from their budgets to educate their children. Although the number of pupils is falling, the number of teachers remains disproportionately high. 65% of the expenses on education go to pay the salaries of teachers and technical personnel. In order to ensure the access of all the Moldovan children to education, the international bodies recommend to better use the resources allotted for education: to optimize the pupil-teacher relation. The international bodies are concerned with the drop in the rate of schooling children. Only 45% of the Roma children, aged 12-15, and 33% of the disabled children go to school. There are no kindergartens in 230 Moldovan villages.