Students' views on the problems of bussed primary school implementation encountered by the students during the transportation process

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the students' perceptions about the problems appeared during the period of students' transportation. The population of study performed by using descriptive scan model consists of 1270 bussed students in grades 6, 7 and 8 of 15 bussed primary schools in Suruç, the district of Şanliurfa in 2010-2011 academic years. The sample consists of 400 students in four schools selected by random sampling. For the research, the questionnaire is prepared by using the Ministry of Education's Bussed Primary School Regulations and applied by considering the experts' opinions. The data obtained from the students, the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t test, oneway ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis H test and Mann-Whitney U test were applied. The findings that are passengers are rarely taken to the vehicles, as a result, some students are standing in their journey; drivers are rarely angry with students have been concluded.