The School Education Department, Kashmir has directed the heads of academic establishments within the valley to cut back the burden of the baggage. “Heavy school bags are a serious threat to the health and well-being of students. The heavy school bag has severe or adverse physical effects on growing children which can cause damage to their vertebral column and knees,” the division stated.
As such, it said, heads of all faculties of Kashmir Division (authorities in addition to non-public) are hereby directed to strictly adhere to the revised pointers of School Bag Policy, 2020-released by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to cut back the burden of college baggage for college kids in major, secondary and senior secondary faculties.
The weight of the varsity baggage, as per the coverage, must be 1.6 to 2.2 kilogram (kg) for college kids of grade one and two, 1.7 to 2.5 kg for grade third, fourth and fifth, two to a few kg for grade sixth and seventh, 2.5 to 4 kg for grade eigth, 2.5 to 4.5 kg for grade ninth and 10 and three.5 to 5 kg for grade 11 and 12.
School lecturers ought to inform the scholars upfront concerning the books and notebooks to be introduced to high school on a selected day and ceaselessly test their baggage to make sure that they don’t seem to be carrying pointless materials, it directed.
There must be no bag for kindergarten (KG) courses and the lecturers ought to take the duty of checking the burden of college baggage of the scholars and any details about heavy baggage must be communicated to the mother and father to cut back the burden of the varsity bag, it stated.
The division additional said that it’s the obligation and the duty of the varsity administration to supply high quality potable water in ample amount to all the scholars within the college in order that they don’t want to hold water bottles from their properties. The information and skinny or gentle train books must be most popular to thick or heavy ones, and the directions shall be strictly adhered to.
With inputs from PTI.
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