Bureau Report
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Tuesday passed the School Bags Weight Limitation Bill 2020. The bill is aimed to regulate the weight of schoolbags for the children.
The bill was presented by Education Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Shahram Khan Tarakai on Friday in the assembly. The permissible weight of school bag for pre-Grade-1 would be 1.5 kg, Grade-1 2.4 kg, Grade-2 (2.6,) Grade-3 (3 kg), Grade-4 (4.4) kg, Grade-5 (5.3) kg, Grade-6 (5.4) kg, Grade-7 (5.8)kg, Grade-8 (5.9) kg, Grade-9 (6kg), Grade-10 (6.5kg) , Grade-11 (7kg) and Grade-12 (7kg).
JUI-F member Mahmood Bhatti opposed the bill. According to the bill, action would be taken against the principals of the government schools.
