Groups: Lessons on how to ease parents’ burden

Handed down: Seven-year-old Arruzain Izzul (left) received his brother’s Arriqqy Izzran old school uniforms at their home in Shah Alam. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

PETALING JAYA: With the school term set to reopen in March, parents of school going children are concerned about their budgets, given the rising expenses needed to buy items such as uniforms and books.

Education and consumer groups are suggesting ways for the government to ease the financial plight of parents, alongside how the allocations announced in Budget 2023 for the education sector could be fine-tuned to better target needy groups.