Just few weeks to the new academic year 2025-2026, parents are gearing up with the rituals to get their children with the necessary items for the school year.
The store is not yet open, but parents are already there. Parents wait by the door. They hold lists from their children’s schools. The buying system has starting. The doors open. The calm awaited parents moves inside. Everyone walks with a purpose. They are not angry or loud, but they are very focused. They have a job to do. The stores supply aisle is now very busy.
Parents look at their lists. They search for the right things with kids pointing at what they want « mommy, take this one with dinosaur cartoon » little Dany says feeling excited with the buying. parents slowly fill up with new lists. Stores are ready for them, new bags here, the other way books, different back to school stuff ready to serve parents.
There are shiny pencil cases, stacks of paper, and new glue sticks. Little Sonia on her part gets amazed with Ladybug bag « dinosaur are for boys I want a ladybug bag ». showing what best attracts her. Nkowa Brice, a vendor, noted the change in activity. “Just one week back, this store was so empty you would think parents did not know school was resuming soon. But now that they have started buying, the fixed prices encourage them.
There are no complaints. Speaking to the L’etudiant newsroom, Fondason Joyce a young mother talked of her strategy to get on time with this year’s back to school items “Last year at this time, I was late with back-to-school shopping, not because I was busy but because of money ” she said. “This year, I prepared myself and saved money to avoid taking a loan”. The mission is almost complete for some and they are ready for the first day of school come 8 September, 2025.
