Arrangements in the Schools:
I. All the affiliated schools will make safe arrangement for boarding and de- boarding of school children from the school bus.
II. The school authority shall ensure that the doors of the buses remain shut while in running condition.
III. They will ensure that buses halt only at bus stops designated for the purpose and within the marked area.
IV. Refresher course for driver training so as to fine tune and increase the proficiency of the driver shall be given to the drivers of the school buses periodically, i.e. least twice in a year.
V. No person shall be allowed to drive the school bus in drunken condition. Regular check in the respect shall be undertaken by the school authorities and in case of any doubt in that regard such drivers must be subjected to medical test immediately and proper action including the action for cancellation of the license have to be taken.
VI. All drivers of the school buses have to be dressed in a distinctive uniform with their names inscribed in it.
VII. In every school bus there shall be another qualified person to keep attending children travelling in such buses, as conductor, who have to be , dressed in distinctive uniform with their names inscribed in it.
VIII. The school authority must provide one set of mobile phone in each school bus so that in case of emergency the bus can be contacted or the driver/conductor can contact the police or State authority as well as the school authority.
IX. The authority shall ensure that the school buses are not permitted to over take any other four wheelers while carrying the school children in the bus.
X. The School authority shall ensure that the students maintain discipline when boarding and disembarking the bus so that no children get hurt.
XI. Effort shall be made by the school to make necessary arrangement for parking the school bus inside the school campus at least at the time of boarding and disembarking. In case it is not possible to park such vehicle inside the school campus, the buses must be parked in such a way so that it does not create any traffic problem for other vehicles.
XII. The school should encourage its children to conduct programmes through play, exhibition etc. during Road Safety Week to create an awareness in public.
XIII. Periodic feed-back from students using school Transport facility with regards to driver/conductor be taken and records are to be maintained.
