KUALA LUMPUR: The use of too many workbooks in Chinese primary schools has to be reviewed if the weight of pupils’ schoolbags is to be reduced, said Deputy Education Minister Chong Sin Woon (pic).
“Do we really need these workbooks?” he asked. “The bags are really too heavy and the children can’t carry them.
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