Back to school is a nightmare for families because of the crazy prices of supplies
English - Thursday 03 August 2023 الساعة 09:37 am
Aden, NewsYemen, exclusive:
Despite free education, the prices of school supplies and others have deepened the suffering of the people in the liberated areas in conjunction with the accelerating economic collapse in light of the deterioration of the citizen's purchasing power and his meager salary.
The prices of notebooks and bags recorded semi-heavy amounts for the people of families, especially those with limited incomes, so the school uniform reached the limits of 15 thousand Yemeni riyals, and one booklet 500 riyals, and the bags exceeded the price of ten thousand riyals, unlike the rest of the supplies of pens and others, all of which are the requirements of one child, so how If the family contains several children!
Lubna, a mother of 6 children of different ages, told NewsYemen, “The return of schools is a heavy burden on my husband because of the costly school needs expenses in light of the crisis the country is going through, the fixed salaries for ages, and the almost daily cost.
As for Rasha, a mother of two children, she said that the suffering does not end once the pre-school supplies are purchased, but buying books remains another obsession that haunts us and how to save the necessary money, as each book costs around two thousand riyals.
For his part, citizen Shadi said that he is unable to provide for his family of five, let alone the price of going back to school for three children, pointing out that he is forced to look for work, no matter how low his financial income and no matter how hard he is, in order for his children to complete their educational journey.
Nada believes that the solution is to rationalize the list of subjects required by teachers from students, as it takes into account the purchasing power of families and reduces the waste of paper at the end of the year, and to make governmental solutions to the economic collapse and corruption of officials who plunder huge amounts of money into their own pockets other than their salaries in hard currency.
The crazy prices that affected food and fuel and the difficult living, the cost of returning to school has become heavier on the pockets of Yemeni families in the liberated areas, which may lead in the coming years to the collapse of education and the spread of illiteracy among generations.
