School bags to be lighter, no homework for Classes I, II
- The Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has instructed all the state governments to make school bags lighter, asking them to fix it at a maximum of 5 kg for students of Class X and just 1.5 kg for students of Classes I and II.
- While the weight of school bags for students of Classes III to VI should remain between 2 to 3 kg, it should not exceed 4 kg in the case of the those studying in Classes VI to VII.
- The weight of school bags of students of Classes VIII and IX should be kept at 4.5 kg, the ministry prescribed in a recent communication to the education departments of all states and Union Territories.
- It also instructed the states to ensure that no homework is assigned to students of Classes I and II
