Educational Institutions

College level professional education courses

Incorporating and evolving ‘Transportation Engineering and Road safety’ as an important branch of higher education in educational institutions plays a vital role in developing the required skill and talent to handle the emerging problems with traffic regulations and safety. There is a dire for the development of professional courses around and practical handling of this subject.

Schools: They can play a significant role in moulding the younger generation to be more aware and conscious about how important traffic regulation is in ensuring our safety and  in overall social and economic development of the nation.There is a dire need to establish and evolve road safety and transportation engineering as a specialized branch of study and incorporated into school and college education.

Embed road safety education programs within a curriculum framework

• Develop a road safety education program including age appropriate content to be provided on a regular basis over a child’s school years.
• Program opportunities where students can practise skills in a range of traffic-related situations.

Use student-centred, interactive strategies

Plan student-centred activities which promote play, social interaction, self-awareness, personal reflection and exploration of the world.
• Incorporate the use of visual, interactive learning tools such as group activities, rehearsal opportunities, interactive computer training, videos/DVD’s, workbooks, peer group discussion and adult-led discussion.

Actively engage students in skill development

• Have students create and predict traffic-related scenarios in order for students to identify risks and practise decisionmaking.
• Help students identify traffic-related risks in their local community to raise awareness and develop skills to respond safely.
• Utilise opportunities such as excursions to talk about and practise safe road use in real traffic situations

Encourage and promote school-community participation

Encourage participation in school road safety programs. When the whole-school community is involved in addressing road safety through school-based, environmental and community interventions there is potential for long-term behavior change.