School Education- SCERT- AP- Reducing weight of School Bag certain Guide Lines – Orders

All the Regional Joint Directors of School Education, and District Educational Ofcers in the state are informed that as per the reference cited above, the Secretary to the Govt. of India, MHRD, SE&L has been directed to refer to the judgement of Madras High Court dated 19.05.2018 in connection with W.P.25680 of 2017 titled "M.Purushothanan Vs Union of India" wherein the Union of India interalia was directed to frame a policy on children's school bags as in the lines of the "children’s School Bags (Limitation on Weight) Bill, 2006". In this regard, it is decided to implement the 'School Bag Policy-2020’ in all schools in Andhra Pradesh State. As a part of the above policy, the following guidelines are issued for implementation. a. The school should design the timetable by taking the 'School Bag Policy – 2020' into consideration and ensure that they carry a minimum amount of weight to school. b. Experiential learning, which is also





 recommended by the NEP-2020, can help students grasp concepts much faster than long hours of study. Project work plays a vital role in learning; students collect the materials in and around their surroundings so they do not need to carry books with them. The teacher should be encouraged to use these kinds of teaching methods. c. No homework should be given for classes 1 & 2. d. For classes 3 to 5 the workbooks are curriculum-based, students can

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