In State capital the inspection of school buses and RTE confirmation started on Wednesday as the District Education Officer (DEO) and District Transport Officer (DTO) jointly issued a notice to 15 schools in the first phase and made different teams for inspection. The inspection began from St. Xavier School and Surendra Nath Centenary on the first day. “We have verified the Driving license, RC Copy, Pollution Certificate, Fitness Certificate, Insurance tax, Salary record of driver from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 and15 year old school buses. We found that 5 buses out of 21 in both the schools were more than 15 years old and have given instruction to remove the buses from the school,” said Ranchi DTO Nagendra Paswan.
“We have expected that more reports will be received but no such reports were found illegal and all the papers were valid. The students should not face any trouble during working days of school so we have taken initiative to inspect in summer vacation,” said the DTO. The Inspection will continue in Kairali School, St.Thomas School, Delhi Public School on May 28, Jawahar Vidya Mandir, loreto Convent, St. Francis Public School on May 29 and Oxford Public School, Tender Heart, Bridge Ford, St. Anthony School, Secret Heart School on May 30.