{"id":2196,"date":"2019-01-30T12:23:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T12:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2019-01-30T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T12:23:08","slug":"india-bans-homework-and-heavy-schoolbags-to-prevent-spinal-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/india-bans-homework-and-heavy-schoolbags-to-prevent-spinal-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"India bans homework and heavy schoolbags to prevent spinal damage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indian government has told schools to stop giving students homework and heavy books to prevent spinal damage.<\/p>\n

Weight guidelines have been issued for school bags depending on a child’s age after studies showed heavy loads can affect soft, developing spines.<\/p>\n

Teachers have also been told to not give children in grades one and two homework so they do not need to carry heavy books home.<\/p>\n

A survey by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India found 68% of pre-teen children might suffer from mild back pain which can develop into chronic pain and later into a hunchback.<\/p>\n

More than 2,500 children and 1,000 parents in major cities were surveyed, with more than 88% of children from seven to 13-years-old carrying more than 45% of their body weight on their backs.<\/p>\n

Mother-of-two Rashmi Tapke, said heavy schoolbags are a reflection of poor time-table planning by schools.<\/p>\n

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“If they [schools] plan, they can repeat the subjects taught and thus reduce the load. My kids find it difficult to carry so many books,” she said.<\/p>\n

In Maharashtra state, where Mumbai is, full schoolbags should not exceed 10% of the child’s body weight.<\/p>\n

Many schools there are now using white boards and projectors so children do not have to carry text books.<\/p>\n

However, children in large parts of rural India have to walk long distances with their heavy schoolbags.<\/p>\n

Some cross rivers with books on their heads to get to school.<\/p>\n

“My frail daughter has to haul about 4-5kgs of books in her school bag and also carry her lunch box and water bottle in a separate bag,” said driver Rajinder Shukla, whose child goes to school in Uttar Pradesh state.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Indian government has told schools to stop giving students homework and heavy books to prevent spinal damage. Weight guidelines have been issued for school bags depending on a child’s age after studies showed heavy loads can affect soft, developing spines. Teachers have also been told to not give children in grades one and two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2198,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196\/revisions\/2198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}