SINGAPORE — A measure designed to help ease a school bus driver shortage by encouraging bus operators to use common pick-up and drop-off points for students has drawn a mixed reaction, with some parents citing young children's safety as their prime concern.
by encouraging bus operators to use common pick-up and drop-off points for students has drawn a mixed reaction, with some parents citing young children's safety as their prime concern.
The increase in the foreign manpower quotas were welcomed by bus operators, though they said that any changes to their bus operations may have to wait till next year, as the tenders and routes have already been nailed down for all of this year., with parents lamenting that there have been higher school bus fares and longer travel times for their children.
"The pick-up point might be far away, and let's say, what if it's raining? There are a lot of considerations." "At private estate, it’s difficult to gather at one point, especially if the bus doesn’t want to block the main roads, while children are getting in the buses," he said. Mr Sunil Sabnani, with an eight-year-old daughter who takes the school bus, said that the girl goes to a common drop-off point, but it is one that already happens to be at his block.
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