As a parent, people always want to make sure that their children be admitted to the most prestigious school in order to give them a good platform for a bright future. Schools set up advanced curriculums, modern infrastructure, hire highly qualified faculties to influence parents & children. Most of the schools provide the best of all the amenities. So, what’s next that sets a school them apart from the rest. Perhaps, securing the students? One important thing that has become the need of the day is the safety of their students as they travel to-and-fro from home to school. A GPS tracking system is exactly the answer for every school! A good GPS tracking system has features that can help schools in multiple ways for multiple purposes, besides securing the children & school fleet. We have earlier in our blogs mentioned the benefits of GPS tracking system for schools.
Let us see how schools can enhance their reputation with this technology!
Peace of mind for parents: - With the Live tracking feature of the system, children are virtually in sight of their parents while travelling. Even the schools are able to monitor & assess the behaviour of their drivers. This creates transparency between school, parents & transporter/fleet manager. Schools can ensure that the vehicles follow schedule regularly.
Time Management:- Schools can make ensure the buses follow timelines & schedules. Parents too are aware of the live locations of vehicles which helps them to ensure they reach the vehicle stop on-time. Cases of children missing the bus as well as bus being late to school can be reduced substantially. A prompt & strict timeline follower school makes a good reputation for itself amongst the parents.
The role of a driver: - In case of emergency drivers can use the emergency alarm in the bus and alert the school immediately securing children & fleets. With the help of vehicle alerts like over-speeding, harsh braking, etc., schools can assess a driver’s behavior and can take necessary steps regularly. Drivers communicate with parents every day, and thus in a way, represent the school. Hence a good driver helps in building a good reputation for school. Also, children spend a reasonable amount of time travelling each day, and parents expect the drivers to be responsible. Thus, parents trust can be maintained by assessing the driver’s behaviour.
Fleet management: One of the important benefits of GPS tracking system is that it helps the organisation to optimise their fleets & increase its efficiency. The increased efficiency in route optimisation reduces fuel consumption adding to the profit of schools. It also saves time for the schools & vehicle transporter and can add or remove vehicles from its fleets by assessing the requirement.
Fuel efficiency: - We have earlier seen in our previous blog, how GPS tracking system helps in saving fuel consumption of vehicles. Reduced fuel consumption means reduced pollution/emissions, making the fleet environment-friendly. A GPS tracking system makes the school buses environment-friendly. An eco-friendly fleet is socially more accepted and stands high amongst society’s perception.
RFID: - The GPS tracking system makes the daily operation of school way too convenient, besides adding transparency between the transporter, school & parents. A GPS tracker along with an RFID card can help parents and schools to add an extra layer of security and help the school maintain a real-time record of students including their status of presence. The data provided is in real-time, making GPS highly reliable. Adversaries like the abduction of children can be avoided to an extreme level. The GPS tracking system is integrated with RFID cards, which the students have to swipe while boarding and de-boarding the bus and school authorities and parents will get the notification upon swiping it. Thus, parents are aware each time their child boards/alights from the vehicles.
Documentation: - A GPS tracking system stores the documents of the vehicle as well as that of the drivers. It also reminds well in advance of the date of its update, avoiding government fines and saving from loss of time during daily operations. School can make sure their vehicles are timely maintained with the help of maintenance alerts. The system also stores driver’s work hour’s data, helping to maintain transparency between drivers & authorities.
Reports: - Various reports like Mileage report, Stay report, etc. can help a school in taking better business decisions with regard to fleets & drivers. The automated reports make the school free of one dedicated resource. Also, the accuracy of reports is higher compared to manual assessment. It is real-time & faster, helping the organisation manage its operations efficiently. A better-managed organisation adds value to its reputation, directly or indirectly.
SOS: - Students can access the ‘SOS’ button installed in the vehicles in case of emergency. It adds a very important layer of safety for children, especially in the case where the driver is at fault or is not in a condition to call the SOS button.
From keeping track of a student’s or a school bus's location to knowing the fuel efficiency for trips, GPS tracking systems are more than useful. A GPS tracking system can be used by schools to instigate confidence in parents, who are worried about their children’s safety and also save the school’s tasks of answering parent’s everyday calls regarding the vehicle. GPS tracking systems thus help schools to raise their reputations to a whole new level.