The Ministry of Education has a registration of 8,630 grade school and high schools. Some 2,119,729 students were enrolled last year, of which 1,772,285 studied in public schools and 347,436 in private schools. Public schools open next week. Many private schools are already open. The Ministry of Education postponed the start of the public school system to allow additional time to distribute books and so that President Fernández could be back in the country to personally inaugurate the school year.
