Students in Chhattisgarh can now have a sign of relief as the government has declared Saturdays to be “bagless days”. Activities like: yoga, exercise, sports and other cultural events would be organised in institutions on that day. This initiative has been taken by the department of school education to make learning in schools more interesting and practical.
“Yoga, exercise, sports and cultural activities will be organised in schools on Saturdays. The step will awaken the interest of children and will help them stay connected with schools. Children will find school education informative and entertaining," stated an official.
District education officers have been given directions to implement the initiative at the earliest. Exercise, yoga, sports competitions, literary-cultural activities, value-education, art-education, etc. will be organised in schools for students from Classes 1 to 8, he said.
The district education officers of the state have been given directions to bring the initiative to live at the earliest. Activities like: value-education, art-education, sports competitions, exercise, yoga, literary-cultural and others will be organised for students from Classes 1 to 8.
The school principals are asked to plan activities for each Saturday and thereafter display the results on the notice board. The work done and created by the students are also to be displayed by the students on Saturdays.