Dubai: Emirates Transport Media Dept.
Emirates Transport (ET), the largest provider of school transport services in the UAE, signed a new five-year agreement to transfer 3,700 students of the International School of Creative Science in Sharjah.
The agreement was signed at the Sharjah head office of Bukhatir Group, which runs the school, and will see the number of supplied buses increase by 7, to a total of 125, complete with bus drivers and supervisors.   
The school buses are equipped with the latest satellite tracking and transport ID technologies.
Commenting on the agreement, Nawal Al Zarouni, manager of ET’s Private Schools Transport Centre said: “We are extremely pleased and proud that Bukhatir Group chose to renew their trust in our services, which is rich in experience and quality.
“The expansion of this partnership, which first began in 2013, is a great indicator of the successful working relationship between our two companies, and forms yet another step towards boosting the reach of the Corporation’s services among private schools in the country,” added Al Zarouni.  
Walid Ramadan, Chief Administration Officer at Bukhatir Education Advancement and Management International (Beam), said: “Renewing and expanding our agreement with ET falls within the group’s objectives of offering ours students the best educational experience by providing them with modern, high quality and safe school transport services.” 
ET is the sole provider of school transport services to all 645 government schools across the country, transporting more than 242,000 students.  
The Private Schools Transport Centre was established to bring ET’s vast experience and capabilities to private sector schools and has succeeded in attracting contracts to provide transport services to more than 30,000 students from 70 private schools in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and Ras Al Khaimah.