Hyderabad: The Telangana Department of Education has approved a new government order limiting the weight of school bags for elementary school students. According to the order, no student up to class five must carry bags weighing more than five kilos.
This new order has been well received by faculties of the educational sector.
Manjulatha Narra, the head of a government school, said: “It is a very good decision and all schools should implement it. Private schools give a lot of work, so they must implement this. In our schools, we have digital classrooms where they are learning Easily, “Insinuating in digital classrooms will replace heavy school bags.
Naina, an elementary school teacher, said, “As a teacher, I am on this motion, as this will help students to health wise. We have small children in the class and sometimes weight bags sometimes.”
Telangana has 42,632 private and government schools.
