In order to fix the school bus fees, a meeting was conducted with the school authorities. DC Ranchi, Manoj Kumar presided over the meeting along with the District Education Officers (DEO)s and District Superintendent of Education (DSE)s along with the school management officials.
To figure out the issue of bus fees and other matter related to the bus maintenance like insurance, fuel cost including payment of staffs were discussed in the meeting. A proper detailed report on the matter has been asked to submit on the matter to all the officials associated with it.
The bus fees have been kept between `800-900 per month. Apart this, bus covering certain routes was also considered and it has been advised to suspend all the rundown buses which are more than 15-year-old.
“The meeting was constructive and the officials have been instructed to submit there reports on bus fees increment to Jharkhand Educational Tribunal (JET) before finalising the fees. Only after the consent of JET members, the bus fees or any related matter will be sorted,” said, president, Jharkhand Abhibhavak Manch Ajay Rai.
If any school is trying to increase the bus fees, the school management officials need to give an application to the district transportation officer for approval before February 20, so that the decision can be taken before March 3 on specific matter. Proposal to impart training in every 6 months to all the bus staffs of several private schools was also accepted in the meeting.