Primary education is obligatory and free for all children from the age of six up to the age of 15. There are 187 primary schools, 11 musical schools and 4 centers for education of children with learning difficulties in the Republic of Srpska.
10,505 pupils enrolled the first grade of primary schools in the 2014/2015 school year and 95,432 pupils are attending primary schools in the Repubic of Srpska.
Ministry of Education and Culture facilitates free textbooks for all pupils of the first and the second grade in all primary schools in the Republic of Srpska.