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BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) - Classrooms and chairs were scarce at crowded Burundian primary schools as 500,000 children — nearly double last year's enrollment — showed up for the first day of classes Monday following the elimination of fees.
President Pierre Nkurunziza announced at his inauguration Aug. 19 that he would scrap primary school fees of $4.50 per student, setting off a scramble to accommodate a surge in new applicants.
Nkurunziza said he was eliminating fees so that every student could get at least a primary education.
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