Cost of uniforms and books anger parents
The responses from almost 1,300 parents come as the cost of putting a child through school and college as been estimated at almost €63,000.
Parents are spending an average of €395 this month alone on back-to-school essentials but they believe these costs could be reduced in a number of ways. For example, 91% advocate the idea of school-crest badges being fixed to standard uniforms which could be bought in a supermarket.
