• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Advertising
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Lake City Times
No Result
View All Result
  • Top News
  • Region
  • City News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Edit-Oped
  • Tourism
  • National
  • World
  • ePaper
  • Top News
  • Region
  • City News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Edit-Oped
  • Tourism
  • National
  • World
  • ePaper
No Result
View All Result
Lake City News
No Result
View All Result
Home News

School bag policy: Education dept fixes limit on bag weight for students

No bags to be carried by KG class students

LCT Desk by LCT Desk
May 25, 2022
in News
Reading Time: 2min read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterWhatsappTelegram

Bhat Imran

Srinagar, May 25: The School Education Department on Wednesday said that the weight of school bags for KG students from of classes I and II shall not have more than 1.6 KGs to 2.2 KGs
The Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has said, “The weight of the school bags as per the policy should be 1.6 to 2.2 kg for students of Classes I and II, 1.7 to 2.5 kg for Classes Ill, IV and V.”
It also reads that only 2 to 3 kg for Classes VI and VII, 2.5 to 4 kg for Class VIII, 2.5 to 4.5 kg for Classes IX and X and 3.5 to 5 kg for Classes XI and XI1 shall be allowed.
“Heavy school bags are a serious threat to the health and well-being of students and have severe and adverse physical effects on growing children which can cause damage to their vertebral column and knees,” reads the communiqué issued by the department.
The communiqué states, “As such Heads of all Schools of Kashmir Division including both government and as well as private are directed to strictly adhere to the revised guidelines of School Bag Policy-2020 released by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to reduce the weight of school bags for students in primary, secondary and senior secondary schools.”
The department has advised the school teachers to inform the students in advance about the books and notebooks to be brought to school on a particular day. “They shall frequently check their bags to ensure that they are not carrying unnecessary material.” “The teachers should take the responsibility of checking the weight of school bags of the students and any information about heavy bags should be communicated to the parents,” it reads.
The department also said that in order to reduce the weight of the school bag, it is the duty and the responsibility of the school management to provide quality potable water in sufficient quantity to all the students in the school so that they do not need to carry water bottles from their homes.

READ ALSO

Govt’s prime objective is to make services face-less, paper-less: Lt Governor

4 years on, Watnard-Zamalgam road in Anantnag awaits completion

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Related Posts

News

Govt’s prime objective is to make services face-less, paper-less: Lt Governor

June 27, 2022
Govt’s prime objective is to make services face-less, paper-less: Lt Governor

Jammu, Jun 27: The Government of UT of Jammu and Kashmir Monday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
News

4 years on, Watnard-Zamalgam road in Anantnag awaits completion

June 27, 2022
4 years on, Watnard-Zamalgam road in Anantnag awaits completion

Jahangeer Ganaie Anantnag, Jun 27: A vital road in south Kashmir's Anantnag district is incomplete for past four years now...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
News

Teenage boy dies after falling into well in Kupwara

June 27, 2022
Man found dead in Kokernag village

Kupwara, Jun 27: A 17-year-old boy has died after falling into a well in Lone Harie village of Kralpora area...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
News

Protests rock Reasi after 5-yr-old drowns to death

June 27, 2022
Suderkoot-Payeen residents stage protest against WUCMA

Reasi, Jun 27: The family and relatives of five-year-old boy, who drowned to death in a river at Reasi town...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
News

Awareness, motivational training, secondary agriculture key to prosperity: Dulloo

June 27, 2022
Awareness, motivational training, secondary agriculture key to prosperity: Dulloo

Jammu, Jun 27: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-Jammu) Monday held its 35th Board of Management Meeting (BoM)...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
News

DC Srinagar for strict action against violations of PC&PNDT Act

June 27, 2022
DC Srinagar reviews implementation of PMFME scheme

Srinagar, Jun 27: A meeting of District Advisory Committee (DAC) on PC&PNDT (Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques) Act on Monday...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
Next Post
SMC sets up consultative board to deal with dog menace in Srinagar: Mayor

SMC sets up consultative board to deal with dog menace in Srinagar: Mayor

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Advertising
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

© 2021 Lake City Times - Premium theme by GITS.

No Result
View All Result
  • Top News
  • Region
  • City News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Edit-Oped
  • Tourism
  • National
  • World
  • ePaper

© 2021 Lake City Times - Premium theme by GITS.