mumbai the onus is on the state education department to ensure that all education institutions in the city adhere to the school bus safety policy but only three education officials were present at fridays meeting when traffic police rto officials bus operators school principals and parent convened at chetana college in bandra e to discuss the policy schools are still waiting for the education department to direct them but the officials who attended fridays meeting were unable to discuss specific dates the education department is taking the school bus safety policy very seriously and is working towards its proper implementation schools will receive the directives soon said one of the officials a representative of jamnabai narsee school in juhu radha krishnan said that the policy overlooked key logistical issues according to the policy the school bus safety committee should comprise the school principal local police and a member from the education department but nowhere has it been mentioned who we need to approach in the education department our school reopens on june 6 he said several schools voiced similar concerns another principal said none of us have received any notification from the education department about this new policy members of various parent teacher associations also voiced their concerns most of us are not even aware of the gravity of this policy people are not taking it seriously because they dont know what it is all about the government is doing nothing to address the confusion said a pta member