THE sight of frantic parents and kids snapping up the latest schoolbags, uniforms and stationeries during back-to-school sales is common at many shopping malls around the country.
However, this is a far dream for children from less well-off homes, some who could not even afford to buy new bags once every few years, much less every school term.
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