New Delhi, November 26: The Human Resources Ministry has issued new directives for schools across states and union territories to issue new guidelines to regulate teaching.
According to the official order, the HRD ministry has “instructed all the states and Union Territories to formulate guidelines to regulate the teaching of subjects and weight of school bags in accordance with the Government of India instructions”.
Schools have been forbidden from giving out homework for students of Classes 1 and 2.
“Schools should not prescribe any other subjects except language and mathematics for classes I and II and language, EVS and mathematics for classes III to V students as prescribed by the NCERT,” the order said.
Students should not be asked to bring additional books, extra materials and the weight of a school bag should not exceed the prescribed limit, the order added.
The weight of school bags for students of Classes 1 and 2 should not exceed 1.5 kg, while the school bag of students of Class 3-5 should weigh between 2 kg to 3 kg. The school bag of students of Classes 6 and 7 should not be more than 4 kg, while weight of school bags of Classes 8 and 9 students should not be above 4.5 kg. The school bag of a Class 10 student should not weigh above 5 kg, the order said. PTI
