school bags
Don’t think children carry heavy school bags, says Bombay HC
However during hearing, the bench observed that no new directive was necessary to limit the weight of school bags.
State yet to lighten school bags
Meanwhile, parents have been repeatedly complaining about the burden of school bags being carried by the students.
HC asks state to report on reduction of bags’ weight
The court then asked the state to file a reply after three weeks.
Govt takes steps to reduce weight of schoolbags, says Partha Chatterjee
Chatterjee said he has asked the Syllabus Committee to reduce the weight of school bags.
More than lighter bags, teachers root for health
For parents however, carrying lighter schoolbags seems to be most important.
Still no survey to check weight of schoolbags
The GR said that the weight of schoolbags should be 1/10th the weight of students.
School bags distributed in Gujarat reveal hidden photo of Akhilesh Yadav
some 12,000 school bags distributed in government-run primary schools in this tribal-dominated district bear the picture of Akhilesh Yadav.
HRD Ministry working on fresh norms to reduce burden of bags
'We are preparing norms for CBSE schools that bundles of books and notebooks do not have to be needlessly carried,' Javadekar said.