To reduce the burden of students, the center sets the weight of school bags

New Delhi: In an effort to devote time to extracurricular activities and to reduce the burden on schoolchildren, both for homework and baggage, the Center issued new guidelines to the States and territories of the United States. Union

In accordance with an official order, the Ministry of Human Resources Development of the Union prohibited the giving of homework to pupils in grades 1 and 2 and stated that no subject other than language and mathematics would only be prescribed for these courses. [19659002] For students in grades 3 and 5, schools teach only the languages, environmental sciences and mathematics prescribed by the NCERT.

According to a report from Times of India the Department of HRD also binders with the idea of ​​eliminating irrelevant or obsolete contents – 5 kg for clbades 10 and 1, 5 kg for clbades 1 and 2.

For clbades 3 to 5, the weight must be between 2 and 3 kg, for 6 and 7, be 4 kg and for 8 and 9, the limit is 4 , 5 kg.

In accordance with the order that requires states to "formulate guidelines for regulating the teaching of subjects and the weight of binders in accordance with the instructions of the Indian Government", circulars were sent to schools of 39, respective teaching.

Delhi is among the few states that have announced their intention to receive the Ministry of Human Resources Development circular, released last month.

However, this is not the first time that the question of heavy binders has appeared, which, according to doctors, can have harmful effects on the nervous system. "Excess weight," said Dr. Ramneek Mahajan, director of orthopedics and joint replacement at the Delhi's Max Smart Super Specialty Hospital, Times of India "puts undue stress on the muscles, to ligaments and disks and damages them "19659002]" Children develop a head posture forward when they sway to the hip to compensate for heavy weight. In the long run, they develop imbalances that can affect the nervous system, "said Mahajan.

Despite known health risks, the load of school bags continues to grow and no significant change has yet been made. 19659002] In 1993, the Yashpal Committee had seriously raised the issue and presented a report entitled "Learning without burden". However, as Dr. Lalit Kishore wrote, clbadroom instruction continued to be content-based, resulting in the introduction of heavier textbooks and heavier bags.

"We have at least 16 books a day for eight subjects and their number sometimes increases to 18 or 20, depending on the subjects for which the courses will be held all day. Our schoolbags weigh between 5 and 7 kg and it's exhausting to carry them in our clbadroom on the third floor, "said then boys aged about 12 years old.

In October of the same year, the Delhi government issued guidelines. public and private school principals to reduce the weight of schoolbooks for children. As directed, school principals and teachers were asked to set a well-designed schedule for each section of the clbad, so that children would not be forced to bring too many books or notebooks to school every day.

It was also requested to ensure that extracurricular activities are organized daily with other courses.