Suggest some measures to reduce the burden of heavy schoolbags.

Suggest some measures to reduce the burden of heavy schoolbags.


With the increasing pressure of studies on the kids, their school bags are also getting heavier year after year. There are almost about 15 – 20 books that a child has to carry daily. Not only does the child have to carry books, but also has to take a water bottle, lunch boxes making it all the more heavier. With the burden of heavy bags, at a very young age they are already suffering from back, shoulder and neck pains. Recently in Mysore, people thought of initiating some initiatives to reduce the burden of school bags. Let’s us also see some initiatives that can be taken to reduce the weight of the school bags.

Most of the books that are used in school are required on a daily basis, so the school or the subject teacher can ask the children to leave that particular book in the school, and can carry only those books which are not required daily. There are numerous schools opened in Maharashtra and Gujarat, where right from the first day of admission, the children is not allowed to carry even a single book back home. It is a morning to evening school, where in the first half teachers teach and then everyday there is an extra – curricular activity that takes place and lastly, the teachers make the students do their homework and are then sent home. This is also a good way to reduce the burden of backpack from the children’s shoulder. Now – a days it has been observed that the school bags are made with a trolley attached so that they do not have to put the bag on their shoulder rather they can drag it around in the school, although these kinds of bags are on an expensive side but parents prefer to spend on this rather than seeing the child in pain forever.

The schools can provide private locker to each child, where they can keep their books which they require on a daily basis and carry only those 1 – 2 books which are new subjects daily. It is the technology age, so instead of teaching through books, the lessons can be taught through Power Point Presentations and the notes are given to them in a pen drive, this will also help in reducing the load of the students. The students shall be allowed to carry their diary home on a daily basis to enable the parents to keep a track of their child. Also for higher classes, the teachers can give home-work on a worksheet or a full – scape paper and the child can take only that particular textbook to home, the number of home assignments should not be more than 2 – 3 assignments.

The above mentioned ways can be applied and tested to see if these ways are hampering the child’s education. It is extremely necessary to reduce the weight of backpacks of children as they are suffering from permanent back, shoulder and neck pain because of the weights, additionally since their body bones and muscles are yet in a developing condition, the weights can hamper their growth and shape permanently.
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  • RE: Suggest some measures to reduce the burden of heavy schoolbags. -Deepa Kaushik (04/22/14)
  • The school education in India is still book oriented and highly impractical. Children gain good marks with respect to their reports, but hardly have any knowledge to implement the same topic in the practical life. If schools go a bit practical in their teaching, then the heavy school bags could be relieved and children can learn more rather than mugging up.

    Schools should have the provision for the kids to keep their books and unwanted notes with regard to their home assignment, in the class in their respective lockers. The home assignment should be the practical application of the same taught matter, so that teachers can judge the extent of grasping of each kid. This would also raise special interests among the kids for the subjects.

    Some higher noted schools have also started with the power-point teachings and home-assignments in the pen drives. These kids don’t require to carry heavy loads from home to school and vice versa. But this form of application is much sophisticated for every Indian family to tolerate.

    There can be another way, if the books be provided on the soft copy to the kids to be used into the class. This could help them avoid carrying the books all way to their schools.