We oppose heavy schoolbags, says CBSE head
9 Nov 2013
Hindustan Times
AMRITSAR: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) chairman Vineet Joshi said that the board was against heavy schoolbags.
While replying a question by HT, Joshi said, “We are against heavy schoolbags. We have given instructions to all CBSE schools not to introduce extra books to students as prescribed by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).”
During the twentieth National Annual Sahodaya Conference that got underway in the holy city on Thursday, the CBSE chairman said, “Parents have the right to question the school authorities or the CBSE directly if they feel their children are being overburdened in any manner.”
More than 800 school principals and teachers from different CBSE schools of the country have arrived in city to attend the conference organised by the board, which aims to prepare the schools and the teachers in a manner so that they can tune well with the modern technological world.
The conference was inaugurated by Padma Bhushan and eminent designer, Rajeev Sethi.
9 Nov 2013
Hindustan Times
AMRITSAR: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) chairman Vineet Joshi said that the board was against heavy schoolbags.
While replying a question by HT, Joshi said, “We are against heavy schoolbags. We have given instructions to all CBSE schools not to introduce extra books to students as prescribed by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).”
During the twentieth National Annual Sahodaya Conference that got underway in the holy city on Thursday, the CBSE chairman said, “Parents have the right to question the school authorities or the CBSE directly if they feel their children are being overburdened in any manner.”
More than 800 school principals and teachers from different CBSE schools of the country have arrived in city to attend the conference organised by the board, which aims to prepare the schools and the teachers in a manner so that they can tune well with the modern technological world.
The conference was inaugurated by Padma Bhushan and eminent designer, Rajeev Sethi.
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