About 4,000 children attended classes at 55 out of 59 schools in schools in South Ossetia on Monday, Itar-Tass quoted Education Minister Zamira Dzhioyeva as saying. “Most schoolchildren went to school in Tskhinval. This is not the final figure because children who are to come to the republic in 2-6 days will go to school later,” she said. All schools were examined by specialists with dog specially trained to find explosives. Thirty-two officers from the Russian Emergencies Ministry told children about the basics of personal security. There are 1,104 schoolchildren in South Ossetia. There were 3,700 schoolchildren before Georgia's attack. About 1,000 children from South Ossetia will go to school in North Ossetia. South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity visited all schools in Tskhinval on Monday and congratulated the schoolchildren on the beginning of the new academic year.
