Spending less on school essentials

Parents buying new school clothes for their children before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the nation early this year. — Filepic

JOHOR BARU: With school being closed for most of this year, parents are planning to cut down spending on their children’s schooling items and only focus on the essentials.

Management assistant Nurul Aisha Mohd Yusoff, 33, said that she would only be buying new school uniforms and shoes for her seven-year-old as the rest of her school items were still new.