1. The CBSE board has prescribed weight limit of school bags for each class across the country.
2. The HRD ministry, which had announced “Rationalisation” of school syllabi by culling irrelevant or obsolute content. The weightage of the school bags according to the CBSE norms for the classes is as follows:
CLASS BAG WEIGHTAGE
I &II 1.5KG
III & IV 2-3 KG
VI & VII 4 KG
VIII & IX 4.5 KG
X 5 KG
To meet the standard bag weight of child the parent, school and the teachers
Play important role-
1 ROLE OF SCHOOL IN MAINTAINING SCHOOL BAG
- The school can provide a proper planned day wise and period wise time table to the children.
- The school can make a scheduled H.W plan for children day wise.
- The school can provide lockers in the classroom to arrange the extra books instead carrying to home.
- The school can proceed with a session wise time table.
- Opting a common subject EVS upto class fifth instead of science and social.
2 ROLE OF TEACHERS IN MAINTAINING SCHOOL BAG
- Giving proper guidelines to students in carrying the books to school.
- Making the students to write the C.W , H.W ,assignments and test all in one book, instead making separate books.
- Selection of textbooks according to the standards or level of the child.
PARENT ROLE IN MAINTAINING SCHOOL BAG
- Parent can guide the students in carrying the bag like to use both straps for carrying bags.
- They should insist their ward to keep the bags down while waiting for the bus.
- The students can be sent to school with wheel bags.
SOLUTIONS TO MEET THE STANDARD BAG WEIGHT OF THE CHILD.
- Session wise time table
- Providing lockers in the school
- Encouraging the child to get wheel bags
Planning for a proper and perfect H.W and books carrying schedule.