Parents will now be free to shop around for competitive prices in school uniforms and related items.A 35-year-old Pretoria parent paid R1,800 at the beginning of the year for her son's grade R uniform which was sourced exclusively from a supplier appointed by the school.
The parent has welcomed a decision by the Competition Commission forcing schools to have a more generic uniform obtainable from various suppliers. The parent said her son goes to Nova Pioneer Primary School in Pretoria and she had to pay R1,800 for two golf T-shirts and two shorts from an outsourced school uniform shop.
"I still need to buy tracksuits, shoes and swimwear. The shorts and the golf T-shirts would cost me way lesser if I were to buy them from Pep stores. However, we don't have that opportunity as we are forced to buy from the school shop," she said. Her situation might change as the Competition Commission reached a consent agreement between them and a group of private schools.
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