[Resolved]  Nirmala Convent School — Nirmala Convent School Bus Service

Address:

Darjeeling, West Bengal

We the Guardians have Complaints about bus service that Nirmala Convent School administration is providing & protesting against - is not fulfilling the demand of students capacity compare to total number of seats. A situation where in order to get all of the students from Class V to XII on the bus some of the students had to reach school standing, some of the children had to sit on the floor and others had to sit on each other’s laps. We were observing all buses of Nirmala convent school things had been that way since the beginning of school.

The school bus is designed to keep students safe when they are in the protected envelope of their
seat. When the students have to hang their “haunches” off the seat to fit, the bus has gone over its design
capacity. It is also not acceptable to let students sit on each other’s laps to make space. This practice puts the students at great danger in the event of a collision. In addition to the potential danger to standing children if the bus has to slam on the brakes or is in an accident, who will be responsible?

If the bus is overcrowded it is important to find a solution. Although we all know how safe a school bus is, we must also understand that in the event of an accident an overcrowded bus could be a disaster. This School had also increased bus fees to Rs 800/- Number of times students had complaints about their non availability of seats to Principal, School Councilor but the Principal & Staffs of Nirmala convent school are so annoyed that if any students complaint against their sitting problem they takes action against that particular student. Thanking you,