The Manipur government has issued an memorandum of ‘No School Bag Day‘ to all the government and private schools.
This ‘No School Bag Day’ initiative has been receiving a good response from students, some schools authorities and parents.
The education department of Manipur has recently decided to enforce a ‘No School Bag day’ on all working Saturdays for students of classes 1 to 8 in all the schools including the government, government-aided, and private in order to promote other skills apart from textbooks.
Students are happy with this initiative:
Tanya, an eight class student said, “We thank the government. For so many years, we have been carrying bags. The bags are also heavy but we get used to carrying bags. Now we don’t have to carry bags on Saturdays.”
Why the government took ‘No School Bag Day’ initiative:
The decision was taken after considering the long term physical and mental effects of carrying heavy school bags every day by young students.
Students go through lots of inconveniences, health problems and discomforts, and in order to make schools more conducive and a joyful place for learning this initiative were taken.
Manipur, Chief Minister N Biren Singh, said :
“The world is changing so fast, we must give some liberty to children. After due consideration, the education department took the decision.”