A multi-stakeholder meeting unanimously opposed changing school hours in the city. But the meeting came up with an action plan to ease traffic during morning and evening school hours, to also ensure the safety of children.
The meeting, that included the Department of School Education and Literacy (DSEL), Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP), Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), private school managements and parents’ association, was held in the city on Monday, following a direction by the High Court of Karnataka to hold a stakeholder meeting and consider revising school timings in the city to ease traffic.
“Various stakeholders have various reasons. But everyone unanimously opposed changing school timings in the city,” said Ritesh Kumar Singh, Principal Secretary, DSEL, after the meeting.
