With road accidents claiming the life of over 4,000 people every year in the State despite stepped-up enforcement and awareness programmes, the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) has readied a curriculum in tandem with the Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) and the National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) to make road safety and ethics an integral part of the higher secondary school syllabus.
This will equip students to obtain driving licence as soon as they complete Plus Two, having learnt everything they need to know to get learner’s licence at the school level itself, says S. Sreejith, Transport Commissioner.
“This catch-them-young initiative will cover different aspects of road safety, how human error leads to accidents, and also how not to fall prey to road rage. The need to accord priority to the safety of pedestrians too will be covered. With this, the hope is that the next generation will imbibe road safety much better than their elders,” he says.
