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Kerala school encourages their students to walk, provides free pick-up facility for school bags

  • School sends a special van for picking up the schoolbags 
  • The facility is provided to students who does not avail school bus facility
  • The move also encourages students to walk to school rather than to rely on vehicles
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A primary school in Kannur has come up with a unique initiative to ease the burden of its students, by arranging pick up facility for school bags. The school sends a special van for picking up the schoolbags of students while the kids can walk freely to school. 

GM Upper Primary School in Kattampally have arranged this facility for students who does not take the bus service owing to financial constraints. The pickup van will collect the bags from designated points and carry them to school, and these students are no longer bogged down by the burden of the bags. The bags will be unloaded on the veranda of the school from where students can collect them as soon as they reach there. 

School headmistress Gangabai N said that over 300 students are currently availing this facility. The move also encourages students to walk, rather than to rely on vehicles. 

Students are only happy to walk, without the burden on bags. "It's fun walking without a bag," Class VII student Fathimathul Rafa said. 

It was N M Ravi, the teacher who is in charge of the transport facility of school, who mooted the idea, Times of India reports. "The service was introduced last year as it was found that several students find it difficult to carry heavy bags to schools," he said. 

The service is completely free, but with increasing fuel charges and vehicle rent, the authorities are planning to charge a nominal amount of ₹15 to ₹20 per student.

However, the students will have to carry their back home as the school is not providing drop-off facility yet. The school states that there is confusion about dropping point and this is why they have not arranged for it. 
 

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