Schools asked to set up transport committees

Schools asked to set up transport committees

PUNE: The District School Transport Committee has asked all schools to set up transport committees as soon as possible. The Committee also focused on increasing awareness about students’ safety while travelling and officials sought active participation of the schools in tying up with bus contractors.

A meeting was held on Wednesday in the presence of Police Commissioner Dr K Venkatesham, DCP Pankaj Deshmukh (Traffic), Pune Regional Transport Officer Anand Patil, Deputy RTO Sanjiv Bhor, Vinod Sagre, Sanjay Dhaygude and officials from Education Department, Traffic Police, Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC).

Anand Patil said, “During the meeting, on a priority basis, the discussion was held of security of children. The Committee has asked all schools to ensure their safety. The schools have to set up transport committees comprising of school principal, RTO officer, city traffic police representative. The Education Department has asked to inform all schools that there will be a meeting every three months of parents and the committee members. We also expect the schools and their staff to maintain a positive approach towards bus drivers. The main idea of implementing this decision is children’s safety.”

The RTO urged the schools to convey the students’ problems to the RTO on a regular basis, to keep a check on drivers, ensure the validity of their licences, insurances and the conditions of the buses. If the schools discovered any violation of these norms or if they found that parents are sending their children in unauthorised vehicles, they should report such incidents to the nearest police station, the RTO or the traffic police department.

“The RTO plans to conduct a meeting of such unauthorised vehicle owners as well as parents and will guide them in taking steps to regularise these vehicles,” said Patil, while appealing to parents to send their children in school buses and not in private vans or buses.

The transport regulator seeks active participation of school principals and staffers to keep in touch with parents, students as well as drivers to maintain a healthy and safe environment.

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