A total of 130 Saudi staff have been deployed to conduct 90,000 inspections on public school bus fleets throughout the year.

The team of inspectors will conduct random checks on 22,000 school buses that are being used to transport children from their homes to school, said a spokesman from the Tatweer Educational Transportation Services Company (TTC).

He added that such road checks will ensure that vehicles comply with safety and other regulatory standards put forth by the Kingdom.

To improve efficiency in its services, he pointed out that TTC plans to increase more field staff in all regions across the Kingdom by continuing active recruitment during the school year.

Established in May 2012, TTC is a Saudi limited liability company wholly owned by Tatweer Education Holding Company (THC), which is wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF).

As an independent legal entity, the TTC has the full capacity to achieve its objectives and implement assigned tasks in accordance with a royal decree. Its goals include providing educational transport services for schools and universities, developing the educational transport sector, improving the quality of provided services, enabling the private sector to provide operational services and enabling integration with public transportation.