It is already a week that parents are keeping strong diet to prepare for September 1st. Every year the expenditures become more and more – new clothes, stationary, “banned” payments and so on.
“1in.am News and Analysis” had a trip around the shops and fairs to find out the least money needed to greet the day of knowledge.
For buying pens, copy-books, pencils and other components of stationary, for shoes, trousers or skirt, shirt, bag and other charges one must have at least 40 thousand AMD.
And if there is more than one pupil, one must multiply this number.
All the needy families in Yerevan will get stationary and bag for 1st-grade pupils, but even this is done in an Armenian manner, that is, the main assistance get those families who in reality don’t need it so much.
We add that minimal salary in Armenia is 32.5 thousands AMD and the food basket is 29.990 AMD.
