Parents welcome move to lighten the load of kids


GEORGE TOWN: Let’s say a pupil’s textbook has 300 pages. To solve the heavy schoolbag problem, some parents literally “rip” that book into three volumes of 100 pages each.

By doing so, their children will not need to lug the book with 300 pages all year round.

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