ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Aug, 2024) As back-to-school essentials shopping is picking up with reopening of the educational institutions in the country after summer vacations, parents are grappling with the higher on the essential items. Most of the private schools start their new academic session after the summer break and it is a common practice for many parents to the back to school essentials for their prior to the opening of the schools by physically visiting the designated stationary stores or ordering through the online suppliers. The of school supplies glue, color pencils, markers, lunch box, bottle, geometry box, school bags, and cut box to textbooks, notebooks and uniforms has registered a significant increase which made it difficult for families, especially salaried class, to manage the educational expenses.
“I have spent around Rs 20,000 to purchase the textbooks and notebooks for my son promoted in Grade-III while the stationary, uniform and other essential stuff are still to be purchased which I will on weekend as the students can wear colored clothes during the first week”, Hammad Ali, a parent of two said. Although it has become difficult to bear the expenses of my one school going son who is studying in private schools but we have no option left when the institutions lack facilities and educational standards, he lamented while talking to APP on Thursday. Ayesha Malik, a mother of three kids, said, “I was shocked to hear the of tr.