Bhubaneswar: Parents are not only worried about following Covid norms in school but also that their children have surpassed their uniforms and shoes during the closing of educational institutions for two years due to the pandemic Covid.Bharati Parida found that the new uniform she had bought for Seven-year-old son in March 2020 did not fit him anymore.
“My child has grown a few inches higher and also gets weight in the past two years.
The uniform is no longer suitable for him and I need at least two partners because they need to be washed every day during Covid time,” Bharati said.
He must spend a good amount of new uniforms, shoes, school bags and other accessories as offline class resumes from February 14.
Parents who have more than one child will be forced to cough with a considerable amount and other items also hope for fast sales.
“In January when the government announced that the school would reopen the school for the junior class, we had ordered a large number of good sales.
But we did not get a very good response because the Omicron case began to take and the government announced the closure of the school again.
This time we have crossed our fingers and expects a good business next week before the school is reopened, “said Manoj Biswal, the manager at a uniform shop at Kharvey Nagar.
Parents also expressed concern over the increase in uniform prices.
“Two years ago I spent Rs 600 to buy a uniform for my children.
Now the price has been shooting up to Rs 1,000.
In the middle of a pandemic, this extra expenditure is of course a burden but I want my children to go to school because of the loss of learning very much Great because of the absence of a physical class, “said Ramesh Rout, the parents of two children in the primary class.
Children in the state uniform & school shoes
