The Department of Education and Knowledge identified 11 commitments that private schools in Abu Dhabi must abide by during the operation of school buses to transport students to and from school, most notably the journey time in one direction not exceeding 75 minutes, from the first student boarding until the last student’s disembarkation, and that they are equipped with a monitoring system, It houses at least four cameras.
The department stressed that the students should be transported safely and efficiently in accordance with the specific requirements of the government agencies concerned with student transportation systems.
She said that schools and external transport companies must comply with the requirements of the Department of Transport and the Department of Vehicles and Drivers Licensing related to transporting students to and from school. For example, school transport vehicles may not be used to transport passengers outside the school community.
In the Private Schools Policies Manual, the department identified 11 procedures that schools must abide by, including complying with the regulations and laws of the Department of Transport, providing transportation services with safe and high-quality buses at reasonable prices, and selecting external operators through an open and competitive process, provided that they hold a license from the Department of Transport. Ensuring adequate insurance coverage for student transport vehicles, and developing students’ awareness of bus safety within the curricula and extra-curricular activities.
The rest of the obligations included informing parents of school bus fees, transportation routes and times, hiring a school bus supervisor, informing operators and parents of his name and contact numbers, informing parents of their responsibilities towards school transport, adhering to the requirements of the Department of Transport, and obtaining the necessary license from government agencies. Other related matters, in addition to ensuring that all buses are comprehensively insured by an insurance company according to the relevant laws.
The department indicated that the trip duration in one direction should not exceed one hour and 15 minutes from the starting point to the final destination point, from the first student boarding until the last student disembarking. Students, schools are the main responsibility for the safety of students during the transfer process, even if schools depend on external operators for this.
She pointed out that schools and specialized student transport operators must obtain approval from the Department of Transport beforehand
Register or renew any transport vehicle, and schools must ensure adequate insurance coverage for student transport vehicles, in implementation of the regulations, and that students are transported safely and efficiently in accordance with the specific requirements of the department and other government agencies concerned with student transport regulations.
She stressed the need to maintain and operate buses according to the highest degree of care and to carry out the necessary maintenance for them constantly at specialized workshops. Transport vehicles may not be maintained inside the school, and they must be properly equipped with fire extinguishers and a first aid kit for emergencies, and to meet the technical and safety specifications in accordance with As determined by the Department of Education and the Department of Transport. Buses must be air-conditioned and provide enough places for the maximum number of students who ride the bus. They must also be equipped with traffic warning signals for oncoming vehicles, and equipped with systems that announce students entering or leaving the bus.
She stressed the need for school buses to be equipped with a monitoring system that includes four cameras to monitor and record students’ activity during the transportation service, and to record the bus supervisor’s signal that the bus is empty of students at the end of the trip, so that registration with the camera system begins as soon as the first student enters the school bus, and that it continues. Without interruption until receiving the final signal from the bus supervisor that the bus is free of students.
The department obligated private schools to keep registrations securely for 30 days, or more if the department or another government agency so requested. The recordings may be used to justify the need for a disciplinary penalty as a result of the student’s misconduct, while these recordings are considered the property of the school, and may only be used for the official school purposes, and the school is responsible for maintaining these recordings and preventing their leakage, publication or access by any non-competent person.
She indicated that school buses must be equipped with a GPS tracking system linked to satellites, so that the school transport official can monitor and locate each school bus, and that each school bus (the bus supervisor or driver has a mobile phone for immediate and continuous communication with the transport official) school, while parents of students are responsible for any damage caused to school transport vehicles by their children.
Education and Knowledge:
• “Schools are obligated to inform students’ families of transportation routes and times.”
The Department of Education and Knowledge identified 11 commitments that private schools in Abu Dhabi must abide by during the operation of school buses to transport students to and from school, most notably the journey time in one direction not exceeding 75 minutes, from the first student boarding until the last student’s disembarkation, and that they are equipped with a monitoring system, It houses at least four cameras.
The department stressed that the students should be transported safely and efficiently in accordance with the specific requirements of the government agencies concerned with student transportation systems.
She said that schools and external transport companies must comply with the requirements of the Department of Transport and the Department of Vehicles and Drivers Licensing related to transporting students to and from school. For example, school transport vehicles may not be used to transport passengers outside the school community.
In the Private Schools Policies Manual, the department identified 11 procedures that schools must abide by, including complying with the regulations and laws of the Department of Transport, providing transportation services with safe and high-quality buses at reasonable prices, and selecting external operators through an open and competitive process, provided that they hold a license from the Department of Transport. Ensuring adequate insurance coverage for student transport vehicles, and developing students’ awareness of bus safety within the curricula and extra-curricular activities.
The rest of the obligations included informing parents of school bus fees, transportation routes and times, hiring a school bus supervisor, informing operators and parents of his name and contact numbers, informing parents of their responsibilities towards school transport, adhering to the requirements of the Department of Transport, and obtaining the necessary license from government agencies. Other related matters, in addition to ensuring that all buses are comprehensively insured by an insurance company according to the relevant laws.
The department indicated that the trip duration in one direction should not exceed one hour and 15 minutes from the starting point to the final destination point, from the first student boarding until the last student disembarking. Students, schools are the main responsibility for the safety of students during the transfer process, even if schools depend on external operators for this.
She pointed out that schools and specialized student transport operators must obtain approval from the Department of Transport beforehand
Register or renew any transport vehicle, and schools must ensure adequate insurance coverage for student transport vehicles, in implementation of the regulations, and that students are transported safely and efficiently in accordance with the specific requirements of the department and other government agencies concerned with student transport regulations.
She stressed the need to maintain and operate buses according to the highest degree of care and to carry out the necessary maintenance for them constantly at specialized workshops. Transport vehicles may not be maintained inside the school, and they must be properly equipped with fire extinguishers and a first aid kit for emergencies, and to meet the technical and safety specifications in accordance with As determined by the Department of Education and the Department of Transport. Buses must be air-conditioned and provide enough places for the maximum number of students who ride the bus. They must also be equipped with traffic warning signals for oncoming vehicles, and equipped with systems that announce students entering or leaving the bus.
She stressed the need for school buses to be equipped with a monitoring system that includes four cameras to monitor and record students’ activity during the transportation service, and to record the bus supervisor’s signal that the bus is empty of students at the end of the trip, so that registration with the camera system begins as soon as the first student enters the school bus, and that it continues. Without interruption until receiving the final signal from the bus supervisor that the bus is free of students.
The department obligated private schools to keep registrations securely for 30 days, or more if the department or another government agency so requested. The recordings may be used to justify the need for a disciplinary penalty as a result of the student’s misconduct, while these recordings are considered the property of the school, and may only be used for the official school purposes, and the school is responsible for maintaining these recordings and preventing their leakage, publication or access by any non-competent person.
She indicated that school buses must be equipped with a GPS tracking system linked to satellites, so that the school transport official can monitor and locate each school bus, and that each school bus (the bus supervisor or driver has a mobile phone for immediate and continuous communication with the transport official) school, while parents of students are responsible for any damage caused to school transport vehicles by their children.
Education and Knowledge:
• “Schools are obligated to inform students’ families of transportation routes and times.”
The Department of Education and Knowledge identified 11 commitments that private schools in Abu Dhabi must abide by during the operation of school buses to transport students to and from school, most notably the journey time in one direction not exceeding 75 minutes, from the first student boarding until the last student’s disembarkation, and that they are equipped with a monitoring system, It houses at least four cameras.
The department stressed that the students should be transported safely and efficiently in accordance with the specific requirements of the government agencies concerned with student transportation systems.
She said that schools and external transport companies must comply with the requirements of the Department of Transport and the Department of Vehicles and Drivers Licensing related to transporting students to and from school. For example, school transport vehicles may not be used to transport passengers outside the school community.
In the Private Schools Policies Manual, the department identified 11 procedures that schools must abide by, including complying with the regulations and laws of the Department of Transport, providing transportation services with safe and high-quality buses at reasonable prices, and selecting external operators through an open and competitive process, provided that they hold a license from the Department of Transport. Ensuring adequate insurance coverage for student transport vehicles, and developing students’ awareness of bus safety within the curricula and extra-curricular activities.
The rest of the obligations included informing parents of school bus fees, transportation routes and times, hiring a school bus supervisor, informing operators and parents of his name and contact numbers, informing parents of their responsibilities towards school transport, adhering to the requirements of the Department of Transport, and obtaining the necessary license from government agencies. Other related matters, in addition to ensuring that all buses are comprehensively insured by an insurance company according to the relevant laws.
The department indicated that the trip duration in one direction should not exceed one hour and 15 minutes from the starting point to the final destination point, from the first student boarding until the last student disembarking. Students, schools are the main responsibility for the safety of students during the transfer process, even if schools depend on external operators for this.
She pointed out that schools and specialized student transport operators must obtain approval from the Department of Transport beforehand
Register or renew any transport vehicle, and schools must ensure adequate insurance coverage for student transport vehicles, in implementation of the regulations, and that students are transported safely and efficiently in accordance with the specific requirements of the department and other government agencies concerned with student transport regulations.
She stressed the need to maintain and operate buses according to the highest degree of care and to carry out the necessary maintenance for them constantly at specialized workshops. Transport vehicles may not be maintained inside the school, and they must be properly equipped with fire extinguishers and a first aid kit for emergencies, and to meet the technical and safety specifications in accordance with As determined by the Department of Education and the Department of Transport. Buses must be air-conditioned and provide enough places for the maximum number of students who ride the bus. They must also be equipped with traffic warning signals for oncoming vehicles, and equipped with systems that announce students entering or leaving the bus.
She stressed the need for school buses to be equipped with a monitoring system that includes four cameras to monitor and record students’ activity during the transportation service, and to record the bus supervisor’s signal that the bus is empty of students at the end of the trip, so that registration with the camera system begins as soon as the first student enters the school bus, and that it continues. Without interruption until receiving the final signal from the bus supervisor that the bus is free of students.
The department obligated private schools to keep registrations securely for 30 days, or more if the department or another government agency so requested. The recordings may be used to justify the need for a disciplinary penalty as a result of the student’s misconduct, while these recordings are considered the property of the school, and may only be used for the official school purposes, and the school is responsible for maintaining these recordings and preventing their leakage, publication or access by any non-competent person.
She indicated that school buses must be equipped with a GPS tracking system linked to satellites, so that the school transport official can monitor and locate each school bus, and that each school bus (the bus supervisor or driver has a mobile phone for immediate and continuous communication with the transport official) school, while parents of students are responsible for any damage caused to school transport vehicles by their children.
Education and Knowledge:
• “Schools are obligated to inform students’ families of transportation routes and times.”
The Department of Education and Knowledge identified 11 commitments that private schools in Abu Dhabi must abide by during the operation of school buses to transport students to and from school, most notably the journey time in one direction not exceeding 75 minutes, from the first student boarding until the last student’s disembarkation, and that they are equipped with a monitoring system, It houses at least four cameras.
The department stressed that the students should be transported safely and efficiently in accordance with the specific requirements of the government agencies concerned with student transportation systems.
She said that schools and external transport companies must comply with the requirements of the Department of Transport and the Department of Vehicles and Drivers Licensing related to transporting students to and from school. For example, school transport vehicles may not be used to transport passengers outside the school community.
In the Private Schools Policies Manual, the department identified 11 procedures that schools must abide by, including complying with the regulations and laws of the Department of Transport, providing transportation services with safe and high-quality buses at reasonable prices, and selecting external operators through an open and competitive process, provided that they hold a license from the Department of Transport. Ensuring adequate insurance coverage for student transport vehicles, and developing students’ awareness of bus safety within the curricula and extra-curricular activities.
The rest of the obligations included informing parents of school bus fees, transportation routes and times, hiring a school bus supervisor, informing operators and parents of his name and contact numbers, informing parents of their responsibilities towards school transport, adhering to the requirements of the Department of Transport, and obtaining the necessary license from government agencies. Other related matters, in addition to ensuring that all buses are comprehensively insured by an insurance company according to the relevant laws.
The department indicated that the trip duration in one direction should not exceed one hour and 15 minutes from the starting point to the final destination point, from the first student boarding until the last student disembarking. Students, schools are the main responsibility for the safety of students during the transfer process, even if schools depend on external operators for this.
She pointed out that schools and specialized student transport operators must obtain approval from the Department of Transport beforehand
Register or renew any transport vehicle, and schools must ensure adequate insurance coverage for student transport vehicles, in implementation of the regulations, and that students are transported safely and efficiently in accordance with the specific requirements of the department and other government agencies concerned with student transport regulations.
She stressed the need to maintain and operate buses according to the highest degree of care and to carry out the necessary maintenance for them constantly at specialized workshops. Transport vehicles may not be maintained inside the school, and they must be properly equipped with fire extinguishers and a first aid kit for emergencies, and to meet the technical and safety specifications in accordance with As determined by the Department of Education and the Department of Transport. Buses must be air-conditioned and provide enough places for the maximum number of students who ride the bus. They must also be equipped with traffic warning signals for oncoming vehicles, and equipped with systems that announce students entering or leaving the bus.
She stressed the need for school buses to be equipped with a monitoring system that includes four cameras to monitor and record students’ activity during the transportation service, and to record the bus supervisor’s signal that the bus is empty of students at the end of the trip, so that registration with the camera system begins as soon as the first student enters the school bus, and that it continues. Without interruption until receiving the final signal from the bus supervisor that the bus is free of students.
The department obligated private schools to keep registrations securely for 30 days, or more if the department or another government agency so requested. The recordings may be used to justify the need for a disciplinary penalty as a result of the student’s misconduct, while these recordings are considered the property of the school, and may only be used for the official school purposes, and the school is responsible for maintaining these recordings and preventing their leakage, publication or access by any non-competent person.
She indicated that school buses must be equipped with a GPS tracking system linked to satellites, so that the school transport official can monitor and locate each school bus, and that each school bus (the bus supervisor or driver has a mobile phone for immediate and continuous communication with the transport official) school, while parents of students are responsible for any damage caused to school transport vehicles by their children.
Education and Knowledge:
• “Schools are obligated to inform students’ families of transportation routes and times.”