Watching children lurch into school laden like packhorses, one has to wonder whether schoolbags are a health hazard for youngsters. A team of researchers decided to investigate exactly this question.

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Six schools were contacted about their experiences of the pouches, with all of them “very positive”. The briefing said there ...

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Secondly, many schools cite staffing constraints for organising alternative activities. The intended benefits of this initiative were manifold. Beyond reducing physical strain from heavy schoolbags, ...

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It lets the interviewers understand if you are mature enough to manage your own tasks, such as tidying your schoolbags, bringing textbooks, or submitting homework and notice on time. It seems to ...

The organisation also distributed 180 schoolbags to poor children from different schools in RAK. Saeed Yaqoob Liywaad, Director of the International Humanitarian Society in Ras Al Khaimah ...

Each Friday afternoon, they put enough food in children's schoolbags to keep them going through the weekend. This year the bank expects to deliver around 6,000 tons of food, up from 5,200 tons ...

However, the court dismissed the plea. Parents of the students gathered outside the court as the students were led inside with many carrying schoolbags, showing their young age. The court ...