85,014 pupils back to school next month – up 2.8 pct
The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) said in a statement yesterday that it expects Macau’s schools to have 85,014 pupils when the new school year 2020/21 starts next month, a 2.8 percent increase from the 82,683 pupils in the previous school year.According to the statement, kindergarten, primary school and secondary school pupils are expected to reach 19,200, 36,220, 28,756 respectively in the upcoming school year, representing a 0.8 percent, 4.9 percent and 2.8 percent increase