School bus safety rules: After the death of school children in Haryana’s Mahendragarh bus accident, an accident happened with a private school bus in Delhi too, although the children narrowly escaped. Such incidents have already happened in many other cities including Faridabad, after which the district administration conducted inspection of school buses, medical fitness of the driver, checking of standards etc. But let us tell you that not only the administration, parents themselves can also check the safety rules, so that children can be saved from such accidents.
State President of Haryana Parent Unity Forum, Advocate OP Sharma and General Secretary Kailash Sharma say that all the rules and regulations made for school buses should be checked regularly but this does not happen. Even if there is an investigation, parents are never included in it. Whereas it should be so.
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Sharma says that there are instructions from the Supreme Court of India for school buses, which should be followed. If this is not happening then 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 hired bus, it should be clearly marked “On School Duty”.
, There must be a first-aid box in the bus.
, The windows of the bus should have horizontal grills.
, There must be a fire extinguisher in the bus.
, The name and telephone number of the school must be written on the bus.
, Bus doors should have reliable locks.
, There should be space under the seats to keep school bags safe.
, There should be a school attendant in the bus. School cabs should be fitted with speed governors and the maximum speed limit should be 40 kilometers per hour.
, The body of the school cab should be highway yellow and have a green horizontal stripe of 150 mm width in the center around the vehicle and the words ‘School Cab’ should be prominently displayed on all sides of the vehicle.
, If school children are below 12 years of age, the number of children to be carried shall not exceed one and a half times the estimated seating capacity. Children above 12 years of age will be considered as an individual.
, The driver of the school cab must hold a valid license to drive a LMV-transport vehicle for a minimum period of four years and must compulsorily wear light blue shirt, light blue trousers and black shoes. His name should be displayed on the ID shirt.
, There should be sufficient space inside the vehicle to keep the school bag and the bag should not be hung outside the vehicle or kept on the roof carrier.
, The bus driver must maintain a complete list of children to be transported in the school cab, mentioning name, class, residential address, blood group and stopping points, route plan etc.
, In case of Kindergarten, if an authorized person mutually recognized by the school and the parents does not come to pick up the child from the stopping places, the child will be taken back to the school and their parents will be called.
Parents Forum says that such a rule should be immediately made for private schools that the school management 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 students in the bus, the school What rules have been made for buses, the school manager should post all these information on the school website and also put it on the notice board. Apart from this, give a paper containing all this information to every parent in PTM, that is, parents should have the right to know that the bus in which they are sending their children is meeting all the rules, regulations and standards of the school operator and his bus. Or not, which have been made by the government for the safety of children.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 16, 2024, 23:14 IST