‘Policy proposals must result in plans’
Dealing with pupil transport in KZN will require careful consideration and innovative solutions.
DEAR Editor,-
The request for an extension to the deadline to develop a preliminary policy around school transport in KZN, by the province’s Transport and Education provincial authorities, should not come as a surprise to many.
The issue of pupil transport is age-old and fraught with problems. These include the ability to enforce new legislation, along with the provision of viable alternatives – such as a proper public transport service.
Dealing with pupil transport in KZN will require careful consideration and innovative solutions and is not a policy to be developed in a matter of days.
Any attempt to rush through new policy will merely be a knee-jerk response to the recent tragic deaths of so many young people. It will also raise serious questions around provincial government’s commitment to righting the problem.
Policy proposals must result in plans that can be put into action – not just words on paper.
RAFEEK SHAH, MPL
DA KZN Spokesperson on Transport
