New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Kerala government's education department has approved the draft report on measures to reduce school bag weight. The state government's Curriculum Steering Committee has also decided to take steps to abolish the concept of backbenchers from the next academic year

Making these annoucements on Thursday, Kerala's General Education and Labour Minister V Sivankutty said these two reforms are being taken to bring qualitative changes in the state's general education sector.

The proposed measures focus on reducing the weight of school bags to ensure the physical and mental well-being of students, and creating a classroom environment without 'back benchers' as part of the democratisation of classrooms, an official statement b...