The Dubai Taxi Agency at the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed a contract with the Athens Educational Group to join five of the group's schools, including two in Dubai and three in Sharjah - for five years - to the schools registered in the school transport service provided by the Foundation, in a move to improve the level of school transport service. In Dubai, the school transport sector is one of the most important mass transportation sectors in the world.
Essam Al-Rafie, Director of School Transport Department, said: “The Foundation has signed a contract with the Athens Group to provide school buses for the Dubai Taxi Corporation to five schools belonging to the group with 2100 students from different educational stages. During the current year, the number of students increased to a total of 11 thousand students, while the number of contracted schools increased to 21 schools with 436 buses, providing safe and easy transportation for all students of all ages. This means that the service should be used in place of private vehicles.
He added: The buses of Dubai Taxi Corporation are characterized by high technology and are equipped with all technical systems to ensure safety and security, including surveillance cameras, sensor to ensure the bus is free of students, emergency button to communicate with the control center, and electronic tracking system for bus and student through the feature of global positioning system It also has a self-extinguishing system with engine fire, indicating that the Parent Platform service facilitates electronic payment, enrollment of students in schools and updating their data, as well as tracking the movement of students and buses. And determine the location of boarding and disembarking of the bus through the smart application via GPS navigation system in smart phones, in addition to the measure of happiness index and the percentage of satisfaction of parents.
He added that the success of the service is also due to the selection of school transport drivers trained to drive our smart buses, in addition to the availability of qualified supervisors to deal with students of all age groups, and holds training courses on how to deal during emergencies and certificates certified by Dubai Ambulance Foundation in first aid And various other training programs.