No school bags for Pre-primary students, no homework up to class 2: J&K Administration

The Jammu and Kashmir School Education department on April 16, instructed the heads of academic institutions to ensure that the students of pre-primary schools do not carry bags and textbooks to schools.

The Jammu and Kashmir School Education department on April 16, instructed the heads of academic institutions to ensure that the students of pre-primary schools do not carry bags and textbooks to schools. According to the reports, the principal secretary of the School Education Department, Asgar Hassan Samoon, issued an official notification stating the schools must not assign any homework to the students up to Class 2. 

The official notification also stated that the school heads have to ensure that pre-primary students i.e. students studying in up to UKG are not asked to carry any school bag, except for the light carrier for lunch box.

While pre-primary students are asked not to carry any school bag, Class 1 and 2 students are directed that the weight of their bag must not exceed 1.5 Kg. The notification also states that for classes 3 to 5, the permissible weight of school bags is 3 kg, for Class 6 and 7 it is 4 Kg, Class 8 and 9 it is 5 Kg and class 10 students can carry bags weighing up to 5.5 Kg.

Talking about the notebooks to carry, the Department stated that ‘no formal books are prescribed at pre-primary (Nursery, LKG, UKG) levels. However, students of these classes may be provided a maximum two notebooks/workbooks to be kept in the teachers’ custody in the school itself.’

The administration also made this clear that the schools have to follow the said instructions strictly, failing which the administration may cancel the affiliation of the schools.

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