School's In for Summer

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Argentina's schools to show World Cup in the classroom

The decision by officials in the capital, Buenos Aires, and the provinces of Cordoba and Mendoza in the centre and west of the country will allow high-school children to tune in as Argentina bid for a third World Cup triumph.

"It's just common sense," said Amelia Lopez, the education minister in Cordoba, who oversaw the measure.

"Kids in this country get very distracted by the World Cup. What was the choice? To encourage them to miss school?"

Argentina's education ministry has even published a 47-page booklet to help teachers to plan lessons around the World Cup fixtures over the coming months.