School traffic guides maintain student safety.

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[Reporter Yang Mianjie/Taipei Report] The Ministry of Education issued a letter in August stating that students should not be allowed to serve as transportation guides outside the school. However, the Taiwan Youth Democratic Association pointed out that Jingmei and Beiyi Girls’ High Schools also have class rotation transportation services to the school gate Commander, even Tucheng Junior High School requires students to stand at the intersection 100 meters outside the school gate, calling on the Ministry of Education to take the initiative to understand and provide specific guidelines, and let volunteers or volunteer teams act as guides to maintain the safety of teachers and students.

At the end of last year, a middle school teacher in Kaohsiung City was seriously injured by a car when he was on duty as a guide. The service location should be a relevant safe location inside the school gate, such as the school gate or side gate, and the safety and adequacy of the service location should be checked in a timely manner to maintain its safety.”

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The official document also mentions, "Schools are requested to give priority to cooperating with the police in the traffic command and control, and combine the regional human resources who have received professional traffic training (such as: parent volunteers, community volunteers, watch and help teams, etc.) to form schools. The traffic escort team will jointly maintain the traffic order around the campus and ensure the students' commute to school and their personal safety." Professionally trained regional manpower should assist in the traffic maintenance work.

However, the Youth Democratic League stated that although the Ministry of Education’s letter has clearly stated the policy, after preliminary investigations, many schools still let students stand outside the school gate to direct.

Including Jingmei Middle School in Beishi City, you have to assign people in each class to take turns. When you go to school after 7:00 in the morning and after school after 4:00 in the afternoon, you must take your place at the school gate, and hold a flag to guide other students to cross the road when the light is green.

As for Beiyi Girls High School, senior one and senior two classes are on rotation. Each class has to send about 10 students to assist outside the school gate. The car drives forward.

In addition, many junior high schools are still maintaining traffic control. Xinbei Tucheng Junior High School also has class rotations. When it is the class's turn, a few students will be sent outside the school gate to guide traffic. Even intersections about 100 to 150 meters away from the school gate will also Arrange for students to stand guard.

The Youth League also appealed to the Ministry of Education that since the schools have sent letters to announce their policies, they should continue to review the implementation status of each school. The current situation is still that the Ministry of Education says one thing and the school does another, and should take the initiative to understand the implementation policies of each school , whether there is any difficulty.

If neither students nor teachers should carry out guidance and nursing work, the Ministry of Education should have more specific guidelines on how to arrange the traffic management manpower of each school. Professional volunteer teams should not put students and teachers in danger again and again when they cooperate to perform duties, and wait for an accident to conduct a review.