Children, as young as three-years-old, travel long distances to reach their schools in overloaded vans, pickups and rickshaws which is dangerous.

1. It is not a chicken coop
neither they are farm
chickens. Yet every day school
children travel to and from
their place of learning,
stuffed inside rickety vans
and hastily converted Suzuki
pickups. Some even hang on
the doors for lack of space
inside these school vans.
While in the civilized world,
school buses are given a
specific colour, often yellow
to differentiate them from
other vehicular traffic, but we
are not so fortunate

2. NOW IS THE TIME TO SAY NO TO OVERLOADED
SCHOOL VANS
No one can empathise with the parents whose beloved
children perish in the wake of accidents that result due to
overloading. Trail of accidents involving school transport is
an ongoing issue so far unaddressed.

3. Better Safe than Sorry

4. NO
The corruption in the
country has led the
problem to escalate as the
traffic officials let the
drivers to violate the
transport rules by taking
bribes

5. Schools should provide
proper student transport
facility or else should
maintain record of
contracted Vans and
their drivers for
accountability purposes

7. Take great care when
picking or dropping
students
Ensure students are
properly seated and not
standing while the vehicle
is moving
Never overload the van