Oman’s Education Ministry issues statement regarding school transport I Times of Oman

Oman’s Education Ministry issues statement regarding school transport I Times of Oman

Muscat: The Ministry of Education has published an explanatory statement on school transport in the Sultanate of Oman, after the spread of a video where a school bus was transporting students which was more than its specified capacity.

The Ministry of Education said: The ministry has followed up what is being circulated on social media on the issue of school transportation in the governorates of the Sultanate, and with the Ministry’s appreciation of the public’s interest, and its keenness to provide everything that would provide an appropriate learning environment for students, and to achieve the principle of transparency and partnership in aspects related to society, it would like to clarify some aspects related to the subject of school transportation according to the following:

1) During the current academic year 2022/2023, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry was able to provide additional financial funds for school transport amounting to (3.9) million OMR allocated to provide (650) additional buses; to cover the increasing growth in the number of students in school buses, and to improve school transport conditions in some of them, by renting buses with a larger and newer capacity in a number of governorates.

2) In an effort to provide