May 30 Deadline For Schools To Comply With Human Resources Development (HRD) Norm

GUWAHATI: The State Elementary Education Department formed a district and block level committee to inspect the weight of school bags. The committee has arrived at a deadline of May 30 for the survey to be completed. The six-member committee includes School Inspector Bulee Gogoi Bhuyan who has been appointed as Member Secretary, while the DC is appointed as the Chairman.

Despite the State Education department issuing repeated instructions to the school authorities, the guidelines issued by the Human Resources Development (HRD) Ministry in this regard have no takers in Assam.

According to HRD Ministry’s guidelines, the weight of school bags for classes I to II should not exceed 1.5 kg, 2 to 3 kg for classes III to IV, 4 kg for classes V to VII, 4.5 kg for classes VIII to IX and around 5 kg for class X.

The State Education Department has instructed the authorities of both government and private schools many times to adhere to the norm meant for weights of school bags. However, such instructions have few takers among the schools in Assam.

Meanwhile, the Education Department in the State has set May 30, 2019, as its deadline for the schools in the State to comply with the guidelines set by the HRD Ministry on the weights of school bags. The Kamrup (M) district administration has already formed a squad to inspect compliance of the HRD norm by schools in the district.

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