Provincial Education Minister, Shahram Tarakai on Wednesday said that for the first time in the country’s history a unique enactment has been made with regard to the weight of the school bags. Talking to media persons outside the provincial assembly building here, he said the school bag of a student would now become a smart bag. He said the overweight school bags were causing spinal and even psychological issues among our children. Besides, he said carrying such heavy school bags was also impacting the health of students.
Minister continued that awareness would be created among the schools’ administration and general public regarding nominal school bags’ weight. In this regard officials of the Private Schools Regulatory Authority (PSRA) would have meetings with the managements of private schools. Any institution found violating the new law would be fined up to Rs 0.2 million, the Minister said adding initially we would visit five constituencies.—Staff Reporter
