Citizens who shop for stationery before schools open in the TRNC have to pay an average of 1,693 TL. This price, which corresponds to approximately one fifth of the minimum wage, creates a lot of trouble for the citizens these days when it is difficult to make a living.
The 2022-2023 academic year will begin on September 12. Shortly before the opening of schools, students are getting ready to do their stationery shopping.
An average of 1,693 TL is spent on stationery shopping.
According to the price research conducted by Cyprus Post, an average of 1,693 TL is spent on stationery shopping for secondary and high school students.
A family living on minimum wage has to allocate about one-fifth of their salary to stationery expenses for their children’s stationery shopping.
BOOK PRICES RISE UP TO 160 TL
Book prices start from 25 TL and go up to 160 TL. Bag prices vary between 300-400 TL on average.
English books, which are required from middle and high school students in public schools as ‘compulsory’, found their place on the shelves for 340 TL.
STATIONERY SHOPPING CANNOT BE MADE WITH COMFORTโฆ
Citizens, who are crushed below the cost of living rate announced as 56.76 percent in the first six months of the year in the TRNC cannot do their children’s stationery shopping with peace of mind.
The ‘right to free education’, which is one of the basic rights of every student living in the country was put into words after shopping for high stationeryโฆ
It has been a matter of ‘curiosity’ how the citizens will resist against high-priced stationery shopping these days when it is very difficult to make a living.
