In the Irkutsk region, school buses daily transport more than 15 thousand students to and from school from 816 settlements. In 2011 2012, the region received 247 buses from the federal budget, most of which replaced outdated 1994 2005 vehicles to improve transport safety.
Head of the department Alexander Pavlov reported that at present, more than 15,000 students from 816 localities are transported to and from school by the school buses available in the region. In 2011 and 2012, at the expense of the federal budget, as part of the implementation of measures under the comprehensive program for modernizing education in the Irkutsk Region, 247 buses were transferred to the region’s schools, most of them intended to replace outdated ones (manufactured in 1994-2005) to ensure a modern level of safety.According to materials from the press service of the Government of the Irkutsk Region