The Gulf Time Newspaper One of the finest business newspapers in the UAE brought to you by our professional writers and editors.
Dubai /Â WAM
An increasing number of private schools are signing up with Emirates Transport (ET) the sole provider of government school transport in the country, according to the ET Private Schools Transport Centre.
The centre says that it has signed contracts with 11 new schools for the academic year 2016/2017, meaning that a total of 62 private schools are now on the books of the ET School Transport Division compared to just 51 for the previous school year, representing an increase of 22 percent.
The new contracts take the number of transported students from private schools to a total of 26,280, up from just over 22,000 in the 2015/2016 school year.
Nawal Al Zarouni, Manager of the ET Private Schools Transport Centre, said the recent surge in contracts is down to the reputation and standard of services of the federal transport corporation, which has 35 years of experience in the field.
She added that the growth in contracts from private schools is mirrored by an increase in the centre’s fleet of buses which nearly doubled from 400 in 2014, to 790 this year.