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Heavy Schools Bags A Burden To Students

Dr Wong Chung Chek, Consultant Orthopaedic & Spine Surgeon, ALTY Hospital | Dr Maszlee Malik, Former Education Minister

18-Feb-22 18:00

Heavy Schools Bags A Burden To Students

Heavy schoolbags have been a long-standing issue, but has been brought up again as Pakatan Harapan brings up why the Education Ministry has so far failed to address it. First, we look into the impact of heavy school bags on the health of students. Then, we discuss some possible solutions for it.

Image source: James Jiao, Shutterstock

Produced by: Jeremy Ng, Alia Zefri

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  education,  fitness,  healthy living

Tags:  school bags,  evening edition,  inside story,  education,  school textbooks,  health concerns,  maszlee malik, 


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