School Bus Safety Policy

BUS STAFF TRAINING

 Salient Features
 School bus/ School cab to be painted in yellow
color
 School bus driver should have 5 years driving
experience and a badge
 The school bus shall carry fire extinguisher,
first aid box
 The vehicle to carry list of students.
 There must be a Fire Extinguisher in the Bus.
 First-Aid box must be kept & checked.
 School Name and Telephone No. must be
written on the Bus.
 Salient Features (2)
 Every school bus to provide attendant and a lady
attendant in case school bus carrying girl child
 Speed Governor should be installed.
 "School Bus" must be written on the back and
front of the Bus.
 If it is a hired bus, "On School Duty" should be
clearly indicated
 The windows of Bus must be fitted with horizontal
grills.
 To keep School Bags safely, there should be a
space fitted under the seats.
 Salient Features (3)
 The doors of the Bus should be fitted with reliable
locks.
 School Bus should only stop at designated School Bus
stops.
 There must be an Attendant from the School in the
Bus.
 School children should only be handed over to the
child’s parent/guardian.
 If the parent/guardian is not available to collect the
student, the child should be brought back to the school.
 Any parent/guardian or a teacher may also travel to
ensure these safety norms.
Student Pickup & Drop Policy

From Home to Bus:

1. Parent/guardian to stand at the designated stop.
2. Bus attended to take the sign in the bus register form the parent
while taking the child in the bus.

From Bus to School:

3. Bus attendant to line up the children and then drop the children
to their respective classrooms. While dropping to the class,
teacher to take sign in from the bus didi.
Student Pickup & Drop Policy (2)

From School to Bus:

1. Bus attended to have a placard of the bus route number in her
hand.
2. Bus attendant to take the child from the class or the holding area
depending on the number of children in the school.
3. Bus attendant to sign out while picking the child from the teacher at
school.
From bus to home:
4. Bus attendant handover the child only after the parent has reached
the bus stop.
5. Bus attendant to check the parent smart card before handover of
the child.
6. If parent/guardian is not present, the child is to be brought back to
the school.
PATTERN FOR TAKING CHILDREN
SAFELY TO AND FROM THE BUS

1.Bus attendant to ask the children to make butterfly hands and take
them in a line. No holding each others bags or shoulders.

2. Bus attend to sing the song which the children sing in school too:
“Walking walking on the floor, keep on walking one step more, little
children move nice and slow, lets line up its time to go”.
SITTING POSITION OF THE
LADY BUS ATTENDANT IN THE
BUS
1. The bus attendant to be seated on the
first left hand seat with her body and face
-facing on the right side so that she can
have a complete view of the children at
any given point of time.
Some rules to adhere:
1. Bus attendant not to accept any kinds of sweets or food items from the
parents for distribution to the children without HM prior permission.
2. Bus attendant and driver not to allow any outside male to enter the bus
and travel in the bus at any given point of time.
3. If any un forseen event happens while children are in the bus like
accident etc, immediately bus attendant to call the HM and inform for
further guidance.
4. If a parent has forgotten smart card then bus attendant to call the HM
and inform and take the parent signature in the register and make the
parent write that he/she has forgotten smart card today and has picked
the child from the bus without the smart card. HM to simultaneously
confirm with the other parent eg- if father comes- call the mother to
confirm , of mother comes- call the father to confirm of handover.