The Ministry of Human Resource Development’s guidelines to lessen the heavy weight of school bags and books that little ones have to carry everyday is necessary. Bags are often heavier than the weight of the child and have been shown to cause health issues. The fact is that educational boards compete with each other in increasing the subject load. As a result, children end up carrying more books.
M. Pradyu Thalikavu,
Kannur, Kerala
Every morning, I watch schoolchildren walking to school weighed down by heavy school bags. Do schools and governments even care about them? Schools can provide bookshelves to every student and the government can also provide the necessary monetary aid for this. Schools can also change their academic schedule in such a manner that they divide weekdays according to the subjects so that instead of carrying all books, a student can use only three to four books on a particular day. There has to be an innovative solution or we might find schools being the place of least interest for children of the next generation.
Deepak Jorwal,
New Delhi