Eighty per cent of parents worried about school costs [thejournal.ie]
- Published: 08 July 2011
EIGHTY PER CENT of parents are worried the costs of sending their children to school this September.
And new research on behalf of the National Consumer Agency also shows that 74 per cent of parents of children (in both primary and secondary school) are more concerned about back to school costs this year than they were last year.
Almost half (48 per cent) of those worried about the costs said that this was because their income was less than it had been the previous year.
Meanwhile, more than a quarter (26 per cent) of parents said they don’t budget for the new school year, and 49 per cent encounter ‘unforeseen payments’ such as school donations.
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