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FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1989
GUIDELINES ON SCHOOL BAG CARRYING
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS OUTLINED, IN A SET OF GUIDELINES HABIT TO SCHOOLS, SOME PRACTICAL MEASURES TO HELP PUPILS DEVELOP GOOD IN PACKING SCHOOL BAGS SO AS TO PREVENT ANY HARMFUL EFFECTS WHICH MIGHT BE CAUSED BY CARRYING AN OVERWEIGHT SCHOOL BAG.
SAID THE
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
GUIDELINES SOUGHT TO DRAW SCHOOLS' ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE ALTHOUGH THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY CONCLUSIVE PROOF SO
OF ANY CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP GROWTH OF SCHOOL BETWEEN THE WEIGHT OF SCHOOL BAGS AND THE PHYSICAL CHILDREI.
FAR
то REMIND PUPILS AND OF CARRYING AN EFFECTS
IN THE GUIDELINES, SCHOOLS ARE ADVISED PARENTS
THE OF
POSSIBLE
THEIR OVERWEIGHT SCHOOL BAG.
HARMFUL
ΤΟ
SCHOOL
IN
ACCORDANCE THE MINIMUM FOR
PUPILS SHOULD BE TOLD TO PACK THEIR SCHOOL BAGS WITH DAILY TIMETABLE SO THAT THEY ONLY CARRY NUMBER OF TEXTBOOKS, EXERCISE BOOKS AND STATIONERY ITEMS REQUIRED A PARTICULAR SCHOOL DAY,
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"TOYS AND OTHER ITEMS NOT NECESSARY
SCHOOL THE AND JUMPING PROES FOR PERSONAL FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL
GAMES DURING RECESS SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FOR
DAY,
IN ADDITION, SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE SCHOOL AND PENCIL CASES MADE OF STURDY YET LIGHT MATERIALS.
BAGS
EXPLAIN CAREFULLY THE SCHOOLS, THE SCHOOL
ΤΟ THE GUIDELINES ALSO ADVISE SCHOOL HEADS TO ALL PARENTS THE MEASURES DRAWN UP AND IMPLEMENTED BY PARTICULARLY TO PARENTS OF NEW PUPILS AT THE BEGINNING OF
YEAR.
THE CORRECT SCHOOLS ARE ALSO ADVISED TO DEMONSTRATE TO PUPILS
AND TO INCLUDE A MANNER AND POSTURE IN CARRYING SCHOOL BAGS
CLASS THEM ΤΟ PACK THEIR TIME-TABLE IN THE PUPILS' HANDBOOK TO ENCOURAGE SCHOOL BAGS DAILY.
URGE SCHOOLS ΤΟ
CONSIDER A NUMBER OF STATIONERY ITEMS
THE GUIDELINES ALSO CLASSROOM ARRANGEMENTS TO HELP REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WHICH PUPILS HAVE TO BRING TO SCHOOL.
HEAVY-DUTY
PENCIL
SHARPENER ERASERS,
THESE INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF A AND A CENTRALISED STOCK OF RELEVANT STATIONERY ITEMS SUCH AS RULERS, COLOUR PENCILS AND SCISSORS WHICH ARE COMMONLY USED BY PUPILS.
то "IF A DICTIONARY IS REQUIRED AS AN AID
CLASSROOM AT THE UPPER PRIMARY LEVEL, SCHOOLS MIGHT CONSIDER PROVIDING A OF DICTIONARIES IN CLASS FOR PUPILS' USE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
TEACHING NUMBER
IN
THE GUIDELINES ALSO ASK SCHOOLS TO CONSIDER, WHENEVER FEASIBLE, REVIEWING THE USE OF EXISTING PROVISION SUCH AS BOOKCASES, SHELVES
ΤΟ MAKE THE CLASSROOM AND
RELEVANT
TO STORE ADJUSTMENTS
PUPIL'S EXERCISE BOOKS AND STATIONERY ITEMS FREQUENTLY USED IN SCHOOL.
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