KUALA LUMPUR: Utilise e-books or online learning system for primary school pupils to lessen the “heavy bag phenomenon”, urged education groups. National Union of Teaching Profession president Kamarozaman Abd Razak said this “heavy bag phenomenon” had often been overlooked by the ministry. “We hope the ministry provides an alternative for the teachers and students to bring fewer textbooks and workbooks to schools. Perhaps, having lockers at schools would allow the pupils to leave their textbooks in school instead of taking them home," he said. “If this is conducted as it was planned by the Education Ministry, we would not be discussing workbooks and heavy bag issues.

Source: New Strait Times October 12, 2017 08:48 UTC