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13th August 2022
02:05pm BST

When I attended school neither my primary nor secondary uniform had a crest or any type of branding. They were as basic as they came.
This meant my parents could pick up my uniform almost anywhere and for a reasonable price. The same can be said for a lot of parents even nowadays as many stores across the country sell cost-effective, own-brand uniforms.
Unfortunately, if your child's school requires a crest or school name to be part of their uniform, parents can't just pick up the bargain generic uniform and the cost is significantly higher, especially to families with multiple children.
Members of the Oireachtas committee felt that the rise in branded school tracksuits was a large part of the reason that back to school costs are increasing for many families.
According to RTE, CEO of Barnardos Suzanne Connolly said;
"Uniforms have an opportunity to be a real equaliser. It is ridiculous that there are school crests. If there was no school crest you could buy them cheaply. Schools should care about children loving learning and reaching their potential. That's what matters. What they wear should be fairly irrelevant once they are well clothed".I personally feel that school uniforms are a good idea, as it stops children from competing with each other over clothing, but we need to go back to basics and ditch the crests to ease the financial load of parents.
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