Alternatively, shoppers can purchase individual items. In clothing, the options include a £6.99 pinafore two-pack, £2.49 ...

Sainsbury’s was the cheapest place to buy, with two each of pinafore dresses, polo shirts, skirts, sweatshirts, boys’ trousers and girls’ trousers costing a total of £47.

In Class 8, uniforms for girls will be a salwar-suit with dupatta. So far, girls from Class 1 to 4 in most schools wear pinafore or skirts and from Class 5 to 8 salwar-suits with dupattas.