Bhubaneswar: Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. conducted the Inter School Bus Safety Competition here.
The school bus safety workshop saw the participation of students in the age group 9 to 13, bus drivers and conductors.
Yadvinder Singh Guleria, senior vice president, sales & marketing, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Enhancing safety on the road is of paramount importance for us and as a responsible corporate we are committed towards promoting road safety awareness amongst youngsters in the country.
“Students play an important role to keep their bus safe. They are responsible for their own safety and can contribute to the safety of their fellow students. The concept behind this workshop is to educate students who use school busses as their mode of transport to make roads safer.”
The four-day long activity was aimed at educating school students about the significance of safe habits in a school bus, an official release said.
The students were counselled about boarding, de-boarding and appropriate conduct inside a school bus through an interactive session. 400 school students from across five schools from Bhubaneswar have attended the workshop.
The competition, a fun-learning experience, is organised in a 3D mockup bus. The workshop included an assortment of theoretical and practical experiences for student. A qualifying test was conducted amongst students, post which ‘safety champions’ from each school were selected. The safety shampions then competed in fun activities including a drawing competition and a quiz on school bus safety.
At the end of the workshop, the winners were felicitated with a certificate of excellence for school bus safety habits.
Honda 2Wheelers India, in collaboration with Bhubaneswar RTO modernised the Road Safety and Traffic Training Park in December last year, the release added.
