Maharashtra Govt combined all subjects book in one book, reduces school bags weight for classes 1st to 8th

The Maharashtra government has taken an initiative in view of the burden of school bags of students from classes 1 to 8 in the state. The government has combined the syllabus of classes 1 to 8 in a single book for each semester.  The students will have to take only one book and one textbook to the school for each term. This initiative will reduce the weight of school bags from 6 to 7 kg to just 500 grams.

From academic 2023-24, the Maharashtra state board



students of classes 1 to 8 will get four sets of Balbharati textbooks. These sets will include all subjects in the term-wise pattern. Hence, The students will have to take only one book to school for each term. Earlier, the students used to carry 7 books, and 7 notebooks to their schools every day. The government has taken this step considering the problems faced by the students due to the burden of books. The new academic session 2023 24 is starting from 30th June in Maharashtra.