The new academic session in schools is starting from third week of November, however the government is yet to issue guidelines to educational institutions, particularly private schools, for reducing weight of school bags. In the last week of August this year, government had constituted a four-member committee to suggest measures to help reduce weight of schoolbags of children. The committee was headed by chairperson Board of School Education (BOSE) Veena Pandita while other members of the committee were former head of department Sociology, University of Kashmir, A G Madhosh, and…
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