Eight ways of reducing weight of school bag

1.  Teach a subject for two periods in a day
2.  Combine home-work and class-work in a single notebook
3. Reduce the thickness of notebooks
4. Reduce the size of text books
5.  Split each text book into multiple smaller books
6.  Let the children and parents know which books are needed and which are not needed for the day
7. Allow students to take notes in one common notebook  and copy the notes to respective class work notebooks at home
8. Reduce the size of school diary to be carried by students