New Buses for 25,000 Dubai School Students

In the next Academic year Dubai school students will be transported by buses equipped with the cutting-edge built-in smart cameras.

RTA’s Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) is set for the new academic year 2023-2024 by rolling out advanced buses to serve about 25,000 students across Dubai.  DTC’s school transport fleet meets the highest quality and safety local and international standards, ensuring students’ secure travel to and from school.

Dubai school buses
Ammar Rashid Al Braiki, Director of Fleet Operation at DTC, said: “Using DTC’s extensive experience and resources, combined with investments in advanced technologies in school buses, highlights our strategic drive to boost the confidence of parents and the entire community while providing a safe and secure transportation environment for students during the school year.

“Such a drive, is aligned with the highest safety and monitoring standards observed in Dubai, will also promote the confidence of the Emirates Schools Establishment towards building a long-term partnership in delivering school transport services.

He said DTC school buses are equipped with a variety of smart features, including:

• Surveillance cameras
• A system to ensure that no student is left behind at the end of each journey
• A system to detect student movement in transit
• An emergency alert system for making immediate contact with the emergency management centre

Buses are also outfitted with advanced electronic tracking system using GPS technology and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system to streamline the boarding and disembarkation of students as well as an automatic fire-suppression system for engines.

Al Braiki said: “DTC is eager to promote safe and responsible driving skills among school bus drivers and attendants by engaging them in specialised high-level training courses.

“DTC also conducts drills on the handling of emergency cases and First Aid to ensure that the team is ready and able to deal with any emergencies that may arise during the school transport process”.