Madhya Pradesh government has decided to observe ‘bag less day’ for students in schools once a week. As per the directions of the government, the students of classes 1 to 12 will be required to carry bags as per the weight decided by the school management committee. The decision has been taken to reduce the stress on children due to burden of their bags.
The schools have been strictly asked to implement the school bag policy from the next academic year. News agency ANI quoted School education minister Uday Pratap Singh as saying, “To avoid stress on children due to the burden of their bags, we have categorized the weight of bags of students according to their class. The younger students’ bag weight will be up to 2.2 kg and the older students’ bag weight will be 4.5 kg. We have also decided “Bag less school” once a week.”
Bag less school means that children should enjoy that day, play games, explore sports activities, cultural programs, music, etc, the minister added. The students should be kept engaged in such a way that school does not seem like a matter of stress to them, school should be a matter of joy for them.
The School Management Committee shall prepare such a time table that students shall not need to take all the text books and copies and bag weight shall not be more than the fixed limit.
The classes of computer, moral education, general knowledge, health physical education, sports and arts shall be conducted without books. School management shall make the arrangement so that students of Class 8 can get the facility to keep text book, workbook and other material in school itself.
Every three months, district education officer (DEO) shall carry out inspection of schools to check the weight of bags.
