While the finer details of the Free Bus Fare program for school students are currently being sorted, there will be more focus on the 2010 budget announcement next month to see how this program will fit in.
Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy executive director Chantelle Khan said long term solutions to this issue, as per their recommendations, needs to be explored.
The government will be considering a long term arrangement to address the bus fare issue for both adults and children in the 2010 budget.
Meanwhile, the senior education officer Suva is calling on all heads of schools to submit the number of students that travel by school buses on a daily basis as soon as possible, adding their office will be open tomorrow for school heads to submit the numbers.
The decision made means that any student travelling in the school buses from next Wednesday will not pay bus fare while students travelling in normal buses in uniform other than the school buses will pay half of the normal fare.
The half fare will only apply in the areas where no school buses are running.
Long term solutions need to be explored
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