College students in Kerala colleges might quickly have bagless days each month

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Students in Kerala schools may soon have bagless days every month

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kids will now not must lug hefty backpacks to varsities, not less than 4 days a month if the Kerala authorities decides to go forward with its new ‘bag free days’ initiative. In view of accelerating complaints concerning the weight of college luggage, the state authorities is contemplating varied measures to handle the issues of youngsters and oldsters, Normal Schooling Minister V Sivankutty has stated.
The federal government would quickly take a name on the problem of heavy college luggage of college students from Class 1 to 12 within the state, he stated in an announcement on Friday. A number of complaints and recommendations are pouring in from mother and father and those that love the general public schooling system.
Sivankutty stated the textbooks are already being printed and distributed among the many youngsters within the state as two components, with an goal to alleviate the burden. However, there are complaints that college luggage are nonetheless too heavy, the minister famous.
Instructions shall be issued to take care of the load of faculty luggage of Class 1 college students between 1.6 kg-2.2 kg and that of Class 10 college students between 2.5 kg-4.5 kg. Aside from this, the introduction of “bag free days” initiative in state colleges for not less than 4 days a month can be into consideration of the federal government.