Delhi Government Asks Schools To Implement New School Bag Policy

School Bag Policy 2020: The government of Delhi has issued guidelines to reduce the weight of school bags for the students in primary, secondary as well as senior secondary levels, according to news agency ANI. According to the new guidelines, the weight of the school bag should be at a maximum of 3.5 kgs to 5 kgs.

The guidelines have been issued under the School Bag Policy 2020, which had been formulated by experts from NCERT, CBSE, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS). It was released by the Union Ministry of Education and NCERT in November last year and shared with the Education Secretaries of all the states as well as the Union Territories.

The issue had come under consideration because several scientific publications had taken cognizance of bad posture as well as backache among school-going children, with several of them pointing to the school bag as a cause. Studies stated that while posture is very important to be properly maintained in the formative years, students are often forced to hunch forward to compensate for the heavy school bag, resulting in strained back, neck, and shoulder muscles.