P.P.BABURAJ
Director, People’s
Legal Forum and Member, Juvenile Justice Board, Mysore. Cell: 9448576297
Press Statement
13
November 2013
Enact on heavy school bags of children
On
the occasion of children’s day, the state government has to take a strong step
to reduce the burden of school bag of the children. Currently, school children
carry heavy load of books every day and thereby suffer from various ailments
such as backache, fatigue, headache, etc. The school authorities or department
of education do not give attention on the mental and physical problems of
children, arising out of heavy school bags. Every parent is worried of his
child’s heavy school bag.
Heavy
school bag amounts to cruelty on children. ‘Learning without burden’, though
accepted in principle, has still remained in the National Curriculum Framework
of 2005. Children have been deprived of playful and joyous curriculum. It is
high time for the government to enact law limiting the weight of school bags at
10% of the body weight of the child. The government under the leadership of Sri
Siddaramaiah should show the will to immediately address this problem of
children of our land, on this occasion. This would add meaning in celebration
of children’s day.
Warm
regards
P.P. Baburaj
