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School bus safety rules: After the death of school children in Haryana’s Mahendragarh bus accident, there was an accident involving a private school bus in Delhi as well, though the children narrowly escaped. Such incidents have already occurred in many other cities, including Faridabad, after which the district administration conducted an inspection of school buses, medical fitness of the driver, inspection of standards, etc. But let us tell you that not only the management, but also the parents themselves can check the safety rules, so that children can be saved from such accidents.
Haryana Parents Unity Forum State President, Advocate OP Sharma and General Secretary Kailash Sharma say that all the rules and regulations laid down for school transport should be reviewed regularly, but this is not happening. Even if there is an inquiry, parents are never included in it .while it should be so.
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Sharma says there are guidelines from India’s Supreme Court on school transport that must be followed. If this does not happen then the parents themselves can investigate it and complain to the school.
These are the safety rules..
“School Bus” must be written on the back and front of the school bus.
if it is a rented bus, it must be clearly marked “at the school”.
there must be a first aid box on the bus.
the bus windows must have a horizontal grill.
there must be a fire extinguisher on the bus.
the name of the school and the phone number must be written on the bus.
bus doors should have reliable locks.
there should be space under the seats to keep school bags safe.
, should be accompanied by a school on the bus. School taxis should be equipped with speed bumps and the speed limit should be 40 kilometers per hour.
the body of the school cab should be highway yellow and have a green horizontal stripe 150 mm wide in the center around the vehicle and the words ‘school taxi’ should be prominently displayed on all sides of the vehicle.
, if the school children are under the age of 12, the number of children to be carried shall not exceed one and a half times the estimated seating capacity. Children over the age of 12 will be considered individuals.
, the school taxi driver must hold a valid license to drive a LMV transport vehicle for a minimum period of four years and must wear a blue shirt, light blue pants and black shoes. His name should be displayed on the identification shirt.
there should be enough space inside the vehicle to keep the school bag and the bag should not be hung outside the vehicle or held on the roof rack.
the bus driver must maintain a complete list of children who will be transported in the school taxi, specifying name, class, residential address, blood group and stopping points, route plan, etc.
in the case of a kindergarten, if an authorized person mutually recognized by the school and the parents does not come to pick up the child from the stops, the child will be returned to the school and their parents will be alerted.
A parents’ forum says that a rule should be established immediately for private schools that the school administration should keep the fitness report of its school buses, the name of the bus driver of each route, his license, his medical report, the seat number of the bus . Students on the bus, the school what rules are set for the buses, the school principal should publish all this information on the school website and also put it on the notice board. Apart from that, give a paper containing all this information to every parent at PTM, meaning that parents should have the right to know that the bus they are sending their children on meets all the rules, regulations and standards of the school operator. And his bus or not, made by the government for the safety of the children.
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Tags: school bus, School bus accident, School bus fire, Supreme Court of India
First published: April 16, 2024, 11:14 PM IST
