School Bag Weight

The new guidelines direct schools to teach subjects such as Computer, Moral Science, General Knowledge, Sports, Physical Education, Health, and Arts without books. No books other than those prescribed by the state government and the NCERT should be carried in school bags.

Under the new guidelines, the School Education Department of the state has asked all the government, non-government and government-aided schools to ensure that students carry school bags of weights as prescribed by the department and monitor the homework given to the students.

The textbooks will be divided into three parts, but that will not bring down the weight of bags as notebooks will still have to be carried, he said.

The School Education Department, Kashmir, said heavy school bags are a serious threat to the health and well-being of the students.

As per the new School Bag Policy, which are in line with the new National Education Policy (NEP), the weight of school bags for students between Class 1 and Class 10 should not be more than 10 per cent of their body weight.

No homework for students up to Class 2, providing lockers and digital weighing machines in schools, making available potable water on the premises and disallowing wheeled carrier bags are among the recommendations made by the Education Ministry in its new policy.

It also asked the schools not to assign any homework to Class 1 and 2 children.

Rajasthan Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara on Wednesday launched from here a state-wide pilot project aimed at reducing the weight of children's school bags.

Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking that weight of school bags be reduced, saying it does not think children carry "unnecessarily heavy bags" as books have become thinner in tune with the times.

In a major relief to students, the Meghalaya government has put a cap on the weight of schoolbags for all classes and set restrictions on homework for classes 1 and 2.

It asked schools to inform the students in advance about the books and notebooks to be brought to the school on a particular day.

No homework for students of classes I and II and prescribed weight limit of school bags for each class are part of the fresh directives issued by the education ministry to states and union territories across the country.

In a move to regulate the teaching of subjects and weight of school bags, MHRD has instructed all States and Union Territories to frame guidelines.

The Maharashtra government will be approaching Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar to discuss ways to reduce the weight of schoolbags carried by students of CBSE and ICSE schools.

The government today said that it was in favour of reducing the weight of school bags and had initiated a pilot project in 25 Kendriya Vidyalayas to provide digital learning to children through tablets.

The new guidelines direct schools to teach subjects such as Computer, Moral Science, General Knowledge, Sports, Physical Education, Health, and Arts without books. No books other than those prescribed by the state government and the NCERT should be carried in school bags.

Under the new guidelines, the School Education Department of the state has asked all the government, non-government and government-aided schools to ensure that students carry school bags of weights as prescribed by the department and monitor the homework given to the students.

The textbooks will be divided into three parts, but that will not bring down the weight of bags as notebooks will still have to be carried, he said.

The School Education Department, Kashmir, said heavy school bags are a serious threat to the health and well-being of the students.

As per the new School Bag Policy, which are in line with the new National Education Policy (NEP), the weight of school bags for students between Class 1 and Class 10 should not be more than 10 per cent of their body weight.

No homework for students up to Class 2, providing lockers and digital weighing machines in schools, making available potable water on the premises and disallowing wheeled carrier bags are among the recommendations made by the Education Ministry in its new policy.

It also asked the schools not to assign any homework to Class 1 and 2 children.

Rajasthan Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara on Wednesday launched from here a state-wide pilot project aimed at reducing the weight of children's school bags.

Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking that weight of school bags be reduced, saying it does not think children carry "unnecessarily heavy bags" as books have become thinner in tune with the times.

In a major relief to students, the Meghalaya government has put a cap on the weight of schoolbags for all classes and set restrictions on homework for classes 1 and 2.

It asked schools to inform the students in advance about the books and notebooks to be brought to the school on a particular day.

No homework for students of classes I and II and prescribed weight limit of school bags for each class are part of the fresh directives issued by the education ministry to states and union territories across the country.

In a move to regulate the teaching of subjects and weight of school bags, MHRD has instructed all States and Union Territories to frame guidelines.

The Maharashtra government will be approaching Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar to discuss ways to reduce the weight of schoolbags carried by students of CBSE and ICSE schools.

The government today said that it was in favour of reducing the weight of school bags and had initiated a pilot project in 25 Kendriya Vidyalayas to provide digital learning to children through tablets.