India, Jan. 31 -- Street plays, gardening, cooking competition and quizzes are amongst the activities that the Delhi government school students are participating in as the "10 Bagless Days" initiative has started for the ongoing academic session 2025-26.

Officials said that under the initiative, students attend school without their usual textbooks and focus on skill-building exercises. The concept was formally launched in the last academic session under the National Education Policy 2020, and now applies to classes I-VIII.

"The Union ministry of education has approved the 'Bagless Days in Schools' activity at the elementary level (classes I-VIII) for Samagra Shiksha-Delhi. The activities are scheduled to be conducted from January to Feb...