Non-availability of transport staff, lives of students at stake.

ISLAMABAD -- While handing over transport responsibility to unskilled staff, educational institutions in Islamabad has put lives of thousands of students at stake, sources said on Wednesday.

However, the management of educational institutions has view that the education ministry was supposed to release funds for the induction of skilled drivers and conductors which it remained failed for the past one-and-a-half year. Following the situation, the educational institutional are forced to avail services of lower staff for transport facility.

The education management claimed that the ministry of education has failed to get fund approval for schools and colleagues despite more than one year have passed. It is pertinent to mention here that the former government of Nawaz Sharif had allotted 140 buses to Islamabad model educational institutions during last year of his tenure. Most of the buses have caught rust under open sky due to non-availability of drivers.

Some of the schools principals have taken initiative on self-help basis. Teachers, clerical and non-clerical staffs have give additional transport responsibility, but most of them are not trained for heavy transport.

The previous government had inducted 60 drivers and conductors on contract basis for one year...