Ministry guidelines to ease load on heavy schoolbags


Further studies: Dr Maszlee (second from right) with students who received offers to the 2018/2019 matriculation programme after the press conference at the Education Ministry. — Bernama

PUTRAJAYA: By next year, schools will need to adhere to the Education Ministry’s guidelines that will tackle the problem of heavy schoolbags, especially those carried by children in primary schools, says minister Dr Maszlee Malik.

He said from 2019, schools would have to follow a ministry circular on the matter.

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