NCERT says no heavy bags, only 2 textbooks till class II
INDORE: National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), in a reply to RTI over loading children with heavy schools bags, claimed to have prescribed only two text books for class I and II while three books for students from class III to V. RTI activist Rajendra Gupta sought guidelines, if any, on the weight of school bags from NCERT. NCERT in its reply mentioned that National Curriculum Framework (NCF), 2005 had advocated for reducing the weight of school bags. "Suggestions have been sent to all government and private schools," reads NCERT reply. Also, the activist had wrote a letter to PMO and human resource ministry apprising them about harmful effects of heavily loading children with school bags. Highlighting the syllabus in RTI reply, the NCERT had categorically mentioned only two text books English and maths were prescribed for students of class I and II, while an additional book on environment was prescribed for students of class III to V. So there a