ATHENS Omar Vizquel Womens Jersey , Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Around 7,000 refugee and migrant children aged 6 to 16 years old will be attending public schools and reception facilities for refugee education (RFRE) in Greece, the Education Ministry announced on Wednesday as part of this year's educational program.
The Greek government introduced last year a plan to give schooling to thousands of refugee children who have been left stranded in Greece after the closure of the borders along the Western Balkan route in February 2016.
According to the ministry, this year a total of 2,439 children living with their families in apartments and hotels rented for asylum seekers will be attending morning classes and a total of 2,360 that currently live in refugee camps will attend afternoon classes in reception facilities for refugee education.
George Angelopoulos, the General Secretary of the Greek Education Ministry Omar Infante Womens Jersey , said during a press conference that around 2,000 children will register the next 15 days, Greek national news agency AMNA reported.
It is expected that a total of 1,000 public schools across Greece will participate in the educational program for refugee and migrant children. In addition, 30 kindergartens will be added to the program by next month.
A year after the implementation of the refugee schooling program, the Education Ministry said that a total of 5,000 refugee and migrant children participated in the project.
According to figures Nick Castellanos Womens Jersey , that number reflects the 40 percent of the refugee children population that was recorded last year in Greece.
With most of them never having attended school or been out of education for more than two years the aim was to help refugee children integrate into the local society.
"For the first year of its implementation, the percentage of the participation is quite successful," Angelopoulos told reporters.
Despite problems regarding shortages of teachers in schools, Angelopoulos stressed that the program has received "a very positive response from the educational community".
ZHENGZHOU, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Sixty-six giraffes arrived in central China's Henan Province in the early hours of Sunday, on a chartered flight from Johannesburg, South Africa Miguel Cabrera Womens Jersey , according to local sources.
The giraffes, 22 males and 44 females, are all around two years old. Adult giraffes of this species can grow to 5.2 meters tall.
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The animals will go through a health check and be quarantined for 45 days in the city of Jiaozuo, before being sent to zoos across China to meet visitors.
In August last year, Xinzheng International Airport in Zhengzhou, Henan's capital Michael Fulmer Womens Jersey , received 63 giraffes from South Africa.
According to the Henan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Zhengzhou has received close to 10,000 imported animals since 2015, including giraffes and zebras from South Africa, polar bears from Russia, alpacas from Chile and dolphins from Japan.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 113.31 points, or 0.64 percent, to 17,904.48. The S&P 500 added 11.86 points, or 0.57 percent, to 2,096.29. The Nasdaq Composite Index added 25.58 points Kirk Gibson Womens Jersey , or 0.51 percent, to 5,055.55.
The Fed kicked off its two-day meeting Tuesday. Though it is unlikely to raise interest rates at this meeting, investors will still follow closely the central bank's statement and Fed Chair Janet Yellen's news conference after the meeting for clues on the timing of a possible rate hike.
Traders will also pay close attention to officials' views on the U.S. economy. The Fed has said it will raise rates only when it sees an improvement in the economy.
On the economic front, privately-owned housing starts in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.036 million units, decreasing 11.1 percent from the revised level of the previous month, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
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Athens does not have plans to present new proposals at that meeting, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told a German newspaper, despite warnings from the rest of Europe that time is running out.
European shares pared early losses to end largely higher on Tuesday, with the French benchmark index CAC 40 rising 0.51 percent.
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The CBOE Volatility Index, often referred to as Wall Street's fear gauge, decreased 3.77 percent to end at 14.81 Tuesday.
In other markets, U.S. oil prices gained as the market expected another drop of crude inventories.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery moved up 45 cents to settle at 59.97 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The U.S. dol.