Retired teacher suggests measures to reduce ‘bag burden’ of school kids
* Rajendra Dani, who retired as Associate Professor, conducts a study on ‘school bag burden’ and recommends measures like correct carrying of bag, division of syllabus, use of note-books with lesser number of pages etc * Sends study findings and recommendations to Union Human Resources Minister Smriti Irani By Kartik Lokhande Seeing a kid climbing the stairs of school building or an appartment wearily with heavy burden of school bag on his/her back, is a disturbing sight. A retired Associate Professor, who resides in Nagpur, also got disturbed with this. He studied the issue carefully and has come up some with solutions to reduce the burden of school bags. Rajendra Dani, who served as Associate Professor at Guru Nanak College of Science in Ballarpur in Chandrapur district, has compiled a study report on the issue of heavy load of school bag and has suggested ‘practicable solutions’ to lighten the load of the school bag. He has sent a letter to Smriti Irani,...