Good news for parents and students as the government made a historic decision late yesterday which is expected to see all the students travelling free in school buses from next Wednesday.
In an exclusive interview with Fijivillage, Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama had confirmed that the decision has already been made and government officials are now working on the finer details to ensure that the new program is implemented next week.
As Bainimarama has revealed they are targeting to get the free bus fare programme running for school students from next Wednesday.
He had also revealed to Fijivillage that they will also be looking at the option on whether the program can roll over for next year.
Bainimarama said they will also look at the subsidies to be given to the bus operators.
So it is good news for parents and students as the government made a historic decision late yesterday which is expected to see all the students travelling free in school buses from next Wednesday.
The government made the decision based on the government fiscal surplus of $30 million and Bainimarama has decided the money should be utilized to assist the parents and students until the end of the school year.
The decision follows submissions to the PM's office on the difficulties that many parents are facing to send their children to school every day due to the increase in bus fare.
This was resulting in a high rate of absenteeism in a number of schools as reported in the survey recently conducted by ECREA.
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Students to travel for free in school buses
