LS Bus
It has proven to be an extremely effective tool to locate every single student in a school environment. Using a combination of technology & best practices, school authorities can locate students during school hours. In the case of a school bus student, this mechanism starts from the time he/she is picked up from their home bus stop until the time they are dropped back home after school. For reference purposes, their location and time of pickup and drop-off is captured every single trip
Lokate Student systems consists of a suite of apps. They work in-sync with each other in real time & account for each child during school bus transport to maintain safety of the students
For parents to receive notification & track their child’s school bus
For transport coordinators to view bus & student status and locations
For bus assistants to mark attendance of students (scanning or on-screen touch)
For planning the routes and to check time and distance travelled
Parents Can access this app on multiple devices with the same username & password
Whenever the child enters or exits the bus at home and school, the parent receives an instant
notification.
Let’s the bus assistant know if your child is going to be absent in advance.
Bus Assistants on each bus They can access this app on designated devices with NFC scanning enabled
Scan the student’s ID card on scanning device or touch student name on-screen to pickup and drop-off as they enter/exit the bus
A NFC card stuck on the rear window of the bus has to be scanned by the assistant to FINISH the trip. This ensures that the bus is checked after every trip.
In the case of parent picking up the child
early from school or if the child is not coming on the bus on a particular day/trip, inform the bus assistant about it in
advance to prevent delays
If a child has forgotten
their ID card, mark manually on the screen. If absent, mark NOT AT STOP
Every bus trip needs to be closed by the bus assistant. Once all the students have exited the bus, the bus assistant has to walk to the back of the bus to scan the ‘finish trip’ card to complete the trip. This will ensure that he/she checks the bus.
Trips cannot be closed until all the students have been marked as ‘exited the bus’ and the ‘finish trip’ card has been scanned, thus ensuring that no child is left behind in the bus
Transport coordinator & school authorities To monitor & also make changes to the student and bus data as required
Complete details of each bus & students can be accessed from the ‘LS Supervisor’ app. Accurate count of children in each bus & their pickup/drop-off time are also displayed.
Color coded for easy visual reference of activity and real time numbers of complete fleet.
Live location of each bus with quick-dial option to contact the driver/bus assistant.
Transport coordinator & school authorities To monitor & also make changes to the student and bus data as required
Get details of the estimated time and distance
travelled for the pickup and drop-off of the children to
plan routes for time and distance to school.
Listing of students on the bus to drag and sort order of pick up and drop off to achieve best route.
The transport coordinator can view student locations and allocate students for maximum bus capacity utilization and efficiency. Upto 3 buses can be compared to identify scattered pick up/ drop off
Bus Assistant verifies each child
visually & by card scan or
manual touch. Notification sent
instantly to parents and
updated on the supervisor app
Parents receive instant notification
when the child enters/exits the bus
& when NOT-AT-STOP. The location of
the pickup/drop-off is also captured
for reference purposes
1. Visual check by walking to the
back of the bus to do the scan.
2. Safety scan only when all
children in the bus is accounted.
3. Designated card for each bus to
close trip
The transport coordinator can track
all the buses in the fleet & have a
count of all the children on the
buses. Color changes from green to
purple only when the bus is checked
and the safety scan has been done
Bus Assistant verifies each child
visually & by card scan or
manual touch. Notification sent
instantly to parents and
updated on the supervisor app
Parents receive notifications on
phones & tablets. Multiple devices
can be logged into one account.
Single app for parents with
children in different schools.
Parent App will be with English as
default. Arabic or other language
options are possible. Messages for
the same child account can be
notified in different languages to
different parents
In-case of accident or break-down,
the bus assistant with the students
& scanning device boards another
bus & the trip continues with all
features continuing to function
Bus transport to home after school ECA
– Dynamic list created with limited buses & few students
– Students enter and scan their card (or manual search)
– Instant list created and message sent to parent with new bus number and live map location
– Complete monitoring and safety maintained without pre-determined student lists
After Extra Curricular Activity (ECA) at school, the bus trips are tracked by the school & parents with all safety features in place
This solution is available FREE with the LS BUS transport module
Lokate Students safety system components for implementation
Features and use of the LS Bus app
Yes, in the case of a delay, the parents can be informed that their child’s bus is delayed due to any reason like rain, fog, vehicle breakdown, traffic congestion etc.
Yes, the parent will recieve notifcations regrding the bus number and contact details of the bus staff once their child enters the ECA/Stayback bus. They will also be able to track the bus on LIVE map even though it might not be the the usual bus they travel in the morning or in the afternoon.
Safety has been the priority aspect during the continuos development and upgrades to the Lokate Student system. At the rear of the bus (on the inside) there is a SAFETY SCAN card that needs to be scanned after the end of each trip (after all students have exited the bus) and then only the trip is completed. This ensures that the bus assistant walks to the back of the bus and checks the bus for any student left behind, sleeping, hiding etc. Schools that do not follow such safety practices judiciously when using our system are warned of cancellation of the contract.
This usually occurs during the afternoon trip when the students are entering the bus from school. On entering a wrong or an unassigned bus, when their ID card is scanned by the bus assistant, the school transport supervisor is immediatly notified about this child on the their LS Supervisor app. Remedial action can be taken before the bus leaves the school campus.