TIRANA, May 12 (Xinhua) -- About 200,000 pre-university Albanian students will get free books during the 2018-2019 academic year, Albanian Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth said on Saturday.

The Ministry says the free books are the result of a budget growth, which is expected to grow to around 41 billion ALL (around 386 million U.S. dollars) over the next three years.

The current budget is around 37 billion ALL (348 million U.S. dollars).