Ankara – APA. Turkish government passed a decision to close 13 schools destined for the national minorities because of shortage of pupils. APA reports quoting News.am website that the number of the schools for the national minorities fell from 34 to 21. 1 of the closed schools is an Armenian school and 12 Greek schools. Istanbul education department says that the closed schools lack pupils, so there is no need to pay salaries to the directors and teachers.
The closure of the schools will make it available to save $1 million in the state budget.