Chhattisgarh schools in Balrampur go bagless for stress-free learning

In a big relief to students, 8 schools in Chandra Nagar area of Balrampur have gone bagless. Under the State Education Department’s initiative.

District Education Officer DN Mishra said students from Classes 1 to 8 in these schools now carry only a notebook and pen, no more stress.

"We have made the schools of Chandra Nagar area of Ramchandrapur development block bagless. The school children here carry only copy and pen with them. Along with studies, sewing machines have also been arranged by the education department under vocational education. We are working on an action plan to implement the bagless system in other schools of the district as well," he said.

The holistic approach to the traditional education system in schools of the district has given a balanced and fun learning environment to students. Education department is working on a plan to implement bagless system in other schools too.

This has also made the school students happy.. One student said, "I came to school with one book only...because we have got two sets of books, one for home and one for school. This way, I don't have to carry a heavy bag. Previously, we had to carry our bags to school, which was troublesome. But now, thanks to our teachers, we have two sets of books, so we can study without the burden of carrying heavy bags."

The headmaster of the school said "We provide books in two sets to students. My goal with the 'bagless' initiative is to ease the burden on children by providing two sets of books. After a year of effort, we've implemented a system where old books are collected and redistributed to the next class. 

New books supplied by the administration are organized in a designated 'book corner' within the school. This process, ongoing since Covid, prioritizes experiential learning and extracurricular activities. To this end, we've set up sewing machines, which have seen enthusiastic participation from our girl students."

Yesterday Chhattisgarh government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Stock Exchange (NSE) to launch a student skill building program to empower the youth of the state in banking, financial services and insurance sector.

As per this MoU NSE with the support of Chhattisgarh government will implement a student skill building program to increase awareness and build skills and competencies in BFSI across Chhattisgarh.

This will increase employability and self employment opportunities in BFSI sector, said NSE in a statement yesterday.

Skill development with skills for employability and self employment opportunities was one of the key theme of Union Budget 2024 and New Education Policy (2020) of Union Government.

NSE said this program is in line with Chhattisgarh government’s objective and will empower the youth of the state with skills and knowledge in BFSI (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance) sector and bridge the skill gap and increase their employment opportunities for future.