DoE lays down norms to lighten school bag burden

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The Directorate of Education has issued a set of guidelines which, if implemented, will help reduce the weight of school bags. The recommendations were made by a committee formed by DoE.

The schools have been asked to devise timetables carefully. Principals have been asked to "frame a ...timetable ... so that children do not have to carry too many books or notebooks ... and also ensure that co-curricular activity periods, along with other periods, are held on a daily basis thereby having an equitable distribution of weight of school bags". The other change schools are expected to make is in their homework schedules. They have been asked to "stagger" homework assignments so students don't have to carry books and notebooks back and forth too often.

Other instructions include directions to parents, asking them to supervise when their kids pack their bags as they shouldn't carry more that what their timetables require. Carrying reference books or multiple books for the same subject is also being discouraged. Schools have been asked to sensitize teachers and parents of the long-term health implications of carrying heavy bags..
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