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Mentor Teacher &Principal: Mrs. Pushkala Raman
Our Class VII A
LIGHTENING THE LOAD
1: Feel: Though there were many problems right from pollution, traffic jam etc., the top most was the weight of our own school
bag.
2: Imagine: As soon as the problem was identified the solutions came in plenty. Like Change the timetable/have a locker at
school/filing system/use lifts/lap-top etc.Now we were in a mess of solutions till one of us suggested to
set the conditions for the solution first.Our conditions were:
1. Minimum cost + more effect 2.NO inconvenience, expenditure to the school
3. NO change in timetable in middle of the academic year 4. Trial basis run only for one of the 3 sections.
3 Do:…. The solution was just in front of our
eyes all the time!!! One look at our 200 page notebooks set us to find the
actual number of pages we have used till now and PRESTO! we had the result.
Solution 1: 80 page notebooks for all the subjects. We got the permission from our teachers and parents and enquired in the market,
learned to bargain.
GOAL ACHIEVED WEIGHT REDUCTION=From 3 Kgs to 1 Kg
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Solution 2: Can we achieve further? Yes! and this time we discussed with our subject teachers and proceeded to rebind the books with
only the SA2 Chapters.
GOAL ACHIEVED WEIGHT REDUCTION=From 2.5 Kgs to 1 Kg
Comparative picture of New and Old Notebooks
TEXT BOOKS
BEFORE BINDING AFTER BINDING
Achievement: Minimum cost + No timetable change + Little effort + Lots of fun & experience
= Load reduction of 3.5 kgs
Acknowledgements: Dr. Gita Karan, Director
Mrs. Pushkala Raman, PrincipalAll our parents and teachers
and …The DFC, for giving us this great and wonderful
learning experience to think,work and have fun with a purpose.
THE SURPRISE FACTOR: Our Principal, so impressed by our work, is ready to consider these solutions for
the whole school from the next academic year.
