The Road Traffic Management Corporation has partnered with the Free State Department of Police Roads and Transport, DLTC’s, Driving Schools and Ides training academy to offer free learner driver training programme to unemployed youth in the Free State Province.
The Department of Police, Roads and Transport in the Free State will roll out a Learner Driver Training Programme across the province as part of the Free State road Safety improvement strategy.
The road safety improvement strategy will not only target existing road users but will intervene in the full chain of road safety. This will involve the targeting of learner drivers, driving schools, learner instructors and law enforcement officers in the province.
The Department will train 900 unemployed youths as part of the Provincial Road Safety Improvement Plan. Of the 900 required, a total of 763 learner candidates were found suitable during the selection process. The remaining 450 learners are being selected from the database of traffic wardens since the Department has received 86 000 applications.
The learner driver training will be rolled out as follows:
Bethlehem 1
24 February 2015
Tswellang Driving School
08:00 – 11:00Bethlehem 2
24 February 2015
Khoete Driving School
12:00 – 15:00Denneysville
25 February 2015
Karabo Driving School
08:00 – 12:00Zamdela
25 February 2015
Karabo Driving School
14:00 – 16:00Thaba Nchu
26 February 2015
Primrose Driving School
08:00 – 12:00Botshabelo
26 February 2015
Primrose Driving School
13:00 – 16:00Via – OFM