My daughter got her report card yesterday and today I picked up her books for class IV. Guess how much the entire lot weighs. TEN WHOLE KGS!
Each subject has a textbook, notebook and activity book. And there is a new subject this year - Marathi. Now you may not have to carry every book everyday and some notebooks are for the second term but you know how vague kids are despite having a timetable. My daughter routinely carries extra books for reasons I know not!
Maybe they should ask the contestants on paanchvi pass to carry around one of these bags. Being tez is one part of it, strong shoulders are another!
Incidentally CBSE had acknowledged this school bag issue 4 years ago but many schools haven't implemented the idea of keeping 50% of the books in class. Or providing lockers. It's too much of a headache for the management, I guess!
Yes, nowadays the school bag weighs more than some of the kids.
ReplyDeletewow.. thats awful. Doesn't it help to work on this with the school? Are they open to suggestions by parents?
ReplyDeleteI attened Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Baroda in 1990-92 (2nd-4th classes).
ReplyDeleteThey had large cupboards where students placed their bags on Mondays and took it back with them on Fridays. So the 4-5 kilo load was only on those days (and 1 way too!)
-Rishi
There is this school in goregaon where students from std 4 dont have to carry books, they are given laptops.
ReplyDeleteAlso, there is swami vivekanand school in borivli where students keep ALL the books in a locker. Have heard only great things about SVK school :)
hmm .. u reminded me of my bag-laden school days . its a serious problem ,dats 4 sure
ReplyDeleteYour daughter is just doing exactly what most of us do or did during school days. Carry all books(useful or not) everyday.
ReplyDeleteHey Rashmi,
ReplyDeleteDo you think introducing the marathi subject to CBSE kids has got something to do with MNS activity and their so called marathi classes for the UP/MP/Bihari masses?
As far as I can think, it seems like a good move considering that you are not going to move anywhere outside maharashtra, leave alone mumbai.
I cringe at the sight when i see children carrying those heavy bags - it seriously is stressful n painful I can say. Its been many years since I carried one but yes, i whined about it.
ReplyDeleteTalk of reply to Vijayendra: I don't understand - why would children not move out of maharastra and why is it imperative that they would stay there and Marathi is a must. Its a narrow sighted vision I'd say
completely agree. the govt is doing nothing about the education system.
ReplyDeletewe copy the west so much - how about learning about the education system from them. Kids dont carry back their books back home. all books are left at school in their desks.
There is nothing like home work. homework is given by teachers who dont want work on their heads. and because of this homework kids are taking tutions. that's all they do at tutions!!!! complete their homeworks.
Why do we pay shit loads of taxes? for IAS and poiliticians to make 1000's of crores?!!!
What the hell?!!!
completely agree. the govt is doing nothing about the education system.
ReplyDeletewe copy the west so much - how about learning about the education system from them. Kids dont carry back their books back home. all books are left at school in their desks.
There is nothing like home work. homework is given by teachers who dont want work on their heads. and because of this homework kids are taking tutions. that's all they do at tutions!!!! complete their homeworks.
Why do we pay shit loads of taxes? for IAS and poiliticians to make 1000's of crores?!!!
What the hell?!!!
Weight of bags is definitely something to worry about as it clearly doesn't add any value. Options to implement could be brainstormed.
ReplyDeleteAs regards to homework, I donot agree completely that "homework is given by teachers who don't want work on their heads". Homework is a tool that should be used creatively to engage children to use/apply the knowledge learned. Unfortunately, these days homework means writing few answers multiple times etc etc. True homework intends to enhance the learning and apply it appropriately in activities. So I would say, teachers who give homework truly, really make their head work.
Another point: why do we think that "west only" has good things in their education system. I wonder why we don't look at the education system/concepts of ancient India. The education should teach human values also along with all other knowledge. Unfortunately, human values are the last things we focus in schools these days.
ReplyDeleteI would blame the parents more than schools. Parents look for such things and demand also. when school gives lot of homework, parents appreciate. When school takes lot of exams, parents feel proud. when schools make the child scoring high marks (even if at the cost of health/socializing etc), parents feel that they are sending their child to the best school.
Few parents have changed and they started blaming the schools and education system. I would request them to first spread the good thought they have got among other parents and demand a healthy system. It is bound to come. One such effort is MET Rishikul Vidyalaya in Bandra(W). Similar schools has started in Hyderabad too. I am sure, education system will change gears and re-align its values and focus on true education.
निजी स्कूलों की किताबे भी NCERT की नही होती हैं और कपिया भी बड़ी और स्कूल की दी हुई ही ले जानी पढ़ती है. ओह!! ये बच्चे
ReplyDeleteThere was a proposal to give a single book for say, 5-6 subjects per term. So, for each term one book has to be carried for all the subjects. Wonder why this was not implimented? This would have certainly reduced the weight, atleast the text book weight.
ReplyDeleteDestination Infinity.
funny you mention this...i was reading this collection of rk narayan's writings and in his maiden speech as rayja sabha mp , this was something he spoke about ...school bags being heavy and all. will send you the link if i can find it.
ReplyDeleteOn the 'lighter' side, I guess our schools believe in all-round development...along with strong basics in Maths, they help students develop strong shoulders :)
ReplyDeleteWhen I was younger, I used to fantasize about growing up so I won't have to carry a heavy bag on my shoulders anymore.
ReplyDeleteWell, the crystal ball shattered.. and I now carry a laptop bag.
:) I guess, the strong shoulders finally helped.
I fail to see why the concept of lockers in school hasn't caught up yet. Trivial to implement, easy to supervise. And yes, I'd have LOVED to carry only about a third of the books I invariably did.
ReplyDeleteHi Rashmi,
ReplyDeleteI think now that in the world on dabbawallahs, we need to soon have school bag wallahs and so on... wow! You inspired me for my next post!
Politician and school administrators will not help in anyway, they are only there for themselves.
ReplyDeleteParents have to take initiative to relieve the stress. Parents cannot pass the buck to school, after all its their kids who are getting hurt.
When I was in school I would dream to days when I would only carry few floppies to school. Despite all the progress, we are still stuck in analog age!
there is lot of weights in education in andhra pradesh books, tiffin boxes, currency note bundles as fees - fees weight is more here and education is very less weight
ReplyDeleteachaa mummy, mujh par ek article hi likh diya. ghar aao to majja chackaongi.MIND IT!(waise to yeh m.s. dhoni ki line hai!)
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