Another Schoolchild Dies
Apr 27th 2008, 8:41 am
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Another Schoolchild Dies
According to Gulf News, yet another 4year old has died in a school bus incident, this time he was accidentally locked inside the minibus all morning.
Apr 27th 2008, 8:46 am
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time for Corporate Manslaughter Charges against the School if such charges exist under UAE laws!
Apr 27th 2008, 11:00 am
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Abu Dhabi: A four-year-old child who died in a school bus Thursday may have died because the driver and attendant did not pay enough attention, police said on Saturday.
"The driver said in his statement he thought the attendant would have checked the bus properly," said an official from Shabia police station.
He said the driver is giving his full cooperation in the investigation, but the attendant of the bus has disappeared.
Four-year-old Aathish, a student of KG-1 in Abu Dhabi, died after he was reportedly left behind in the bus.
A report by Abu Dhabi police said the headmistress of the Merryland Kindergarten informed police on April 24 that the bus driver found a boy inside the bus after he had apparently suffocated.
The body was transferred to the Preventive Medicine Department.
The management of Merryland Kindergarten said in a statement to Gulf News the bus driver himself notified the school that he had forgotten a child in his bus and the child appeared ill. He took the child to hospital. The school staff followed him and informed the parents.
The statement said the school does not provide transport.
The school introduces parents to transport companies and any further communication and arrangements are made between the parents and the transport company, including scheduling and payments.
"It has been the school's policy that we take the children from their drivers and attendants at the gate. We will rarely know the situation inside the bus and who is on the bus and who is not."
But Aathish's mourning father differs. "Although the kindergarten has outsourced transportation to a private company, somebody from the school had to ensure that children reached the class from the bus," said Shabin Sreedharan.
"When my wife asked the school whether she should accompany him on the first day, the school replied that she just had to put him on the bus," he said.
Aathish's grandparents have not come to terms with his death.
"My grandson was liked by everyone. But God decided he should have a short life," said Sreedharan, 69, his grandfather from Kerala.
"His grandmother was about to come here to celebrate his fourth birthday on May 2. She is very shocked," said Sreedharan.
"The driver said in his statement he thought the attendant would have checked the bus properly," said an official from Shabia police station.
He said the driver is giving his full cooperation in the investigation, but the attendant of the bus has disappeared.
Four-year-old Aathish, a student of KG-1 in Abu Dhabi, died after he was reportedly left behind in the bus.
A report by Abu Dhabi police said the headmistress of the Merryland Kindergarten informed police on April 24 that the bus driver found a boy inside the bus after he had apparently suffocated.
The body was transferred to the Preventive Medicine Department.
The management of Merryland Kindergarten said in a statement to Gulf News the bus driver himself notified the school that he had forgotten a child in his bus and the child appeared ill. He took the child to hospital. The school staff followed him and informed the parents.
The statement said the school does not provide transport.
The school introduces parents to transport companies and any further communication and arrangements are made between the parents and the transport company, including scheduling and payments.
"It has been the school's policy that we take the children from their drivers and attendants at the gate. We will rarely know the situation inside the bus and who is on the bus and who is not."
But Aathish's mourning father differs. "Although the kindergarten has outsourced transportation to a private company, somebody from the school had to ensure that children reached the class from the bus," said Shabin Sreedharan.
"When my wife asked the school whether she should accompany him on the first day, the school replied that she just had to put him on the bus," he said.
Aathish's grandparents have not come to terms with his death.
"My grandson was liked by everyone. But God decided he should have a short life," said Sreedharan, 69, his grandfather from Kerala.
"His grandmother was about to come here to celebrate his fourth birthday on May 2. She is very shocked," said Sreedharan.
Apr 27th 2008, 11:02 am
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Abu Dhabi: A four-year-old child who died in a school bus Thursday may have died because the driver and attendant did not pay enough attention, police said on Saturday.
"The driver said in his statement he thought the attendant would have checked the bus properly," said an official from Shabia police station.
He said the driver is giving his full cooperation in the investigation, but the attendant of the bus has disappeared.
Four-year-old Aathish, a student of KG-1 in Abu Dhabi, died after he was reportedly left behind in the bus.
A report by Abu Dhabi police said the headmistress of the Merryland Kindergarten informed police on April 24 that the bus driver found a boy inside the bus after he had apparently suffocated.
The body was transferred to the Preventive Medicine Department.
The management of Merryland Kindergarten said in a statement to Gulf News the bus driver himself notified the school that he had forgotten a child in his bus and the child appeared ill. He took the child to hospital. The school staff followed him and informed the parents.
The statement said the school does not provide transport.
The school introduces parents to transport companies and any further communication and arrangements are made between the parents and the transport company, including scheduling and payments.
"It has been the school's policy that we take the children from their drivers and attendants at the gate. We will rarely know the situation inside the bus and who is on the bus and who is not."
But Aathish's mourning father differs. "Although the kindergarten has outsourced transportation to a private company, somebody from the school had to ensure that children reached the class from the bus," said Shabin Sreedharan.
"When my wife asked the school whether she should accompany him on the first day, the school replied that she just had to put him on the bus," he said.
Aathish's grandparents have not come to terms with his death.
"My grandson was liked by everyone. But God decided he should have a short life," said Sreedharan, 69, his grandfather from Kerala.
"His grandmother was about to come here to celebrate his fourth birthday on May 2. She is very shocked," said Sreedharan.
"The driver said in his statement he thought the attendant would have checked the bus properly," said an official from Shabia police station.
He said the driver is giving his full cooperation in the investigation, but the attendant of the bus has disappeared.
Four-year-old Aathish, a student of KG-1 in Abu Dhabi, died after he was reportedly left behind in the bus.
A report by Abu Dhabi police said the headmistress of the Merryland Kindergarten informed police on April 24 that the bus driver found a boy inside the bus after he had apparently suffocated.
The body was transferred to the Preventive Medicine Department.
The management of Merryland Kindergarten said in a statement to Gulf News the bus driver himself notified the school that he had forgotten a child in his bus and the child appeared ill. He took the child to hospital. The school staff followed him and informed the parents.
The statement said the school does not provide transport.
The school introduces parents to transport companies and any further communication and arrangements are made between the parents and the transport company, including scheduling and payments.
"It has been the school's policy that we take the children from their drivers and attendants at the gate. We will rarely know the situation inside the bus and who is on the bus and who is not."
But Aathish's mourning father differs. "Although the kindergarten has outsourced transportation to a private company, somebody from the school had to ensure that children reached the class from the bus," said Shabin Sreedharan.
"When my wife asked the school whether she should accompany him on the first day, the school replied that she just had to put him on the bus," he said.
Aathish's grandparents have not come to terms with his death.
"My grandson was liked by everyone. But God decided he should have a short life," said Sreedharan, 69, his grandfather from Kerala.
"His grandmother was about to come here to celebrate his fourth birthday on May 2. She is very shocked," said Sreedharan.
Apr 27th 2008, 11:23 am
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Re: Another Schoolchild Dies
im sitting in the same office right next to the little boys cousin....he has just told us all about it..bloody awful...
Why did the teacher not notice that a 4 yr old was missing from class and have the parents contacted?
Why did the teacher not notice that a 4 yr old was missing from class and have the parents contacted?
Apr 27th 2008, 11:28 am
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However the school should have checked that the companies it recommends do have the correct systems in place. In England they would probably not have any criminal liability but would face the possibility of civil liability if they had not properly checked the service provided by the transport companies they had recommended.
Apr 27th 2008, 11:30 am
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I bet there a numerous occasions where parents keep their kids of school for a day without informing the school.
Apr 27th 2008, 11:32 am
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Quite agree, it is bloody awful and should not have happened. Apparently the attendant that escorted the kids on the bus has disappeared?
Apr 27th 2008, 11:49 am
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well if my kids never turned up for school especially at 4yo, i would at least expect a call from the teacher/admin whoever to highlight the fact that my child is absent..