Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has constituted an Expert Group to formulate a draft policy on reducing the weight of school bags in proportion to the age and average weight of children.
About:
Background:
The move comes in the background of Madras High court observing that “neither are children weightlifters nor school bags load containers.”
On October 5, The MHRD also issued an order to formulate a policy on schoolbags on the lines of Children School Bags (Limitation on Weight) Bill of 2006, which never turned into a law.
Composition:
Professor Ranjana Arora of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had been named as the convenor of the Expert Group.
Representatives of the education departments of Maharashtra and Telangana have been included as additional members, since the two States already had a policy stipulating that the weight of a schoolbag should not exceed 10% of the weight of the student.
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