Santo Domingo.-The transfer of students to the educational centers, which are sometimes located several kilometers away from their homes, is a concern and an expense for parents.
In the public sector, they have found in the National Student Transport System (bring) a viable solution to this situation.
The Director of the Bring, Onéximo González, explained the social, economic and human impact that this transport program has meant for families in the 29 provinces in which they operate, only with the exception of Santiago Rodríguez and Montecristi, where their functions will begin soon.
And it is that from its implementation in October 2022 to January of this year, the program has made 21.6 million trips from and to schools, with a 90 % coverage of the planned students that were 1,874,940 students, which constitutes A savings to families of 6,000 million pesos.
Origin
By participating in the weekly lunch of the Corripio Communications Group, González indicated that President Luis Abinader created the program by recognizing the sacrifices made by families to send their children to school.
In the beginning, 50 vehicles were recovered and enabled that were abandoned in the Metropolitan Office of Bus Services (OMSA) and began to serve Monte Plata and San Cristóbal. After six months they had transported 310 thousand 260 students
He explained that the program is planned in 159 municipalities, with 612 routes designed, since the schools are georeferenced and 1,840 buses with cameras, GPS and folding signs of Pare, of which 850 were acquired by the Ministry of Education (MINERD) and 990 rented to private companies.
These private sector vehicles that must comply with contracts for two years offer services specifically in Gran Santo Domingo, Hato Mayor and San Cristóbal and costs the State around 8,500 pesos a day.
It should be noted that the program has three schedules and the punctuality of families so that children are in their stops, it is essential.
The routes are made from 6:00 to 8:00 in the morning, from 12:00 to 2:00 in the afternoon and from 4:00 to 6:00 in the afternoon.
Less absenteeism
González indicated that when they acquire new buses they will supply the demand for service that the offer has exceeded in some areas of the country, where parents have chosen to send their children in school transport.
This is how fathers, especially single mothers, do not have to alter their other daily activities such as going to work or conclude university studies.
Likewise, González said that he has helped to avoid school dropout, since there are cases of mothers who did not have to pay daily transport that was also dangerous because they sent it with motorcycchos, so the children had to miss classes .
“There is nothing more important than a child. One of the motivations, in addition to the economic problem that the president outlined when creating this program was the issue of security.
There is an average of children between 5 and 18 years who die annually in traffic accidents, ”said the mobility expert, stressing that in the years of operation road accidents have been reported involving these buses.
In that sense, he indicated that students have a life insurance and a health policy, which protects them from any incident inside or outside the bus, including on the campus.
Protocol
Children must be seated and with safety belts placed and are received by the auxiliary, who is also responsible for stopping traffic to cross them in the street and provide first aid in emergency cases.
In addition, they perform psychometric and anti -doping random tests to drivers to guarantee security.
Similarly, he reported a pilot plan with 30 buses with elevators for children with disabilities.
Beneficiaries
160 thousand students.
It is the number of students who move daily in the buses of the brings and increase.
Parents and guardians, service veterans
Inspection. The school mobility manager of the National Student Transport System (BRING), Gabino Hernández, revealed that the supervision of operations is fundamental.
In that order, he argued that the parents and friends of the school, as well as the boards of neighbors and other representatives of the communities are the veterans of the system, because this is a comprehensive public policy.
He also said they focus on the formation of drivers, auxiliaries and supervisors, with human relationships, communication of respect, assertive and effective, as well as a specialized area of social management or conflicts and the teaching of Law 63-17 of Transit , mobility and road safety.
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