Ahmedabad: Following the direction of the Government Government, the state government has come out with guidelines for establishing an accredited driving school.
Students who complete the courses from these schools will not be asked to appear in driving tests carried out by RTOS.
According to guidelines, accredited driving schools must have their own land and training.
The Institute will issue a certificate only if the training participants have secured a 60% or more sign.
Based on the certificate, the SIM will be issued by the authorities to the candidate without any test at RTO.
RTO will issue a license based on a certificate issued by the Institute.
However, the Institute must keep candidate records that can be examined by RTO inspectors when needed.
However, those trained in driving schools have to undergo a driving test on RTOS.
The official RTO said that new rules would not close the existing school.
“These accredited driving schools will reduce the burden on RTOS and candidates will get a SIM without appearing in the RTOS test where the waiting time is around 45 days,” he said.
The ratio of success, according to officials at RTO, is 30-35% for four wheels, while the same for two wheels is 70-80%.
Officials say that the training institution will have a driving path that will have a lot, slopes and parking lots, such as driving test tracks on RTOS.
According to new guidelines, which have been carried out in the state of July 1, each institute must have two hectares of land for heavy motor vehicle training including trucks.
This will be an hectare in a hilly district.
Officials in the Department of Transportation said that training institutions must provide nearly 20 hours of training that will be in the field and nine hours of theory and stimulator training.
An official at Ahmedabad RTO said, “We will invite applications from the Institute like that.
So far, we have not received any application in Ahmedabad.
However, we expect several major institutes to advance and arrange their own tracks.” The Institute must have two spaces.
Classes with teaching tools such as computers and multimedia projectors to hold the theory class.
The official said that the minimum driving experience for a trainer must be five years, in addition to the certificate of testing a skill in a motorcycle mechanical course or other higher qualifications in the mechanical engineering of the state or government or from the institution recognized by the State Government Technical Education Board.
Higher investment costs can be obstacles: Ahmedabad experts: Experts argue that the setting of the Driving Institute will require a higher capital investment.
When the mandate guidelines that such schools must have two hectares of land.
Experts feel that higher costs and lower participation can lead to non-feasibility projects.
J V Barvadia, a former RTO officer, said, “Preparing these institutions will require at least RS 15-20 Crore, because of the high land costs even if someone considers the area outside the city limits.
Even with land costs outside the city or city The region of non-agricultural land development authorities will cost around Rs 2 -3 Crore for driving schools, and other operational costs will be rs 3-5 lakh per month.
Initial investment will lead to high costs and will not attract players.
Barvadia More continued that there would be a lack of trained personnel and the first ministry must introduce a certified driving instructor course.
Only after completing such courses can do such training.
Other road transport experts say that two hectares of land are usually available outside the city area, but this will also Prevent students.