Court asks JK govt to come up with policy on Heavy School Bags

The burden of heavy school bags on children in Jammu and Kashmir may finally ease. The high court has asked the education department to come up with a policy on this within three months, after a petition was filed by an undergraduate student. “When I was in class 3rd or 4th I went through the same problem these students are facing. At my time there were heavy school bags weighing about 5 kg – now it’s 6 kg,” said the petitioner, Badr-u-Duja. The division bench headed by Chief Justice N…

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