Starting an arrangement to lessen the heaviness of school packs, the Delhi government has requested that all schools outline a period table so youngsters don't need to convey excessively numerous books each day.
The Directorate of Education (DOE) has sent a seven-guide rule toward principals of government and public schools for lessening the heaviness of school packs.
Schools will likewise need to guarantee co-curricular exercises alongside other day by day scholastic periods.
"It has been watched that kids are conveying substantial sacks to class, which is influencing their wellbeing unfavorably. All heads are told to guarantee that the school packs of the kids are not substantial and ought to screen it on consistent premise," the directorate said.
Schools need to sharpen educators and guardians of the potential issues of overwhelming school sacks and make them mindful of the related wellbeing issues, it said.
Schools need to instruct rectify lifting and conveying methods to kids as a major aspect of their wellbeing training programs. "Guardians ought to be asked for to purchase a kid well disposed sack which is agreeable to utilize and light in weight," the division said.
Schools will need to demoralize understudies from conveying reference books and different books to class particularly in senior classes.
"Guardians ought to remind and manage their youngsters to gather the school sack day by day in like manner to the time table and bring just the recommended books and dishearten their ward from conveying pointless things to the school," the rules said.
The CBSE had likewise asked schools in April this year to consider approaches to lessen the weight of substantial sacks conveyed by understudies.