However during hearing, the bench observed that no new directive was necessary to limit the weight of school bags.
09 Jul 2019 3:21 AM
Meanwhile, parents have been repeatedly complaining about the burden of school bags being carried by the students.
02 Dec 2018 2:18 AM
The court then asked the state to file a reply after three weeks.
04 Oct 2018 1:07 AM
Chatterjee said he has asked the Syllabus Committee to reduce the weight of school bags.
03 Jan 2018 1:00 AM
For parents however, carrying lighter schoolbags seems to be most important.
04 Nov 2017 1:55 AM
The GR said that the weight of schoolbags should be 1/10th the weight of students.
04 Nov 2017 1:51 AM
some 12,000 school bags distributed in government-run primary schools in this tribal-dominated district bear the picture of Akhilesh Yadav.
13 Jun 2017 7:40 PM
'We are preparing norms for CBSE schools that bundles of books and notebooks do not have to be needlessly carried,' Javadekar said.
15 Feb 2017 3:24 PM