Carrying heavy bags result in physical and mental difficulties in children. So Kerala education department has taken steps to reduce the weight of school bags.

Carrying water bottles from home will increase the weight of the bags. Also filling hot water in plastic bottles will cause many health hazards. As a solution to this issue, boiled and cooled water should be made available in classrooms.

The Director of Education has recommended that the teachers should check the bags of the students frequently and should strictly instruct them to stop.