【新唐人2011年12月24日訊】雲南丘北縣滿載學生的一輛馬車與貨車相撞，導致2人死亡23人受傷。這起馬車當「校車」引發的重大車禍，有家長說，學生入學時，校方曾要求他們簽署一份協議書，如不按規定，出現事故時校方不負責，這份如同免責協議，將學生的安全全部推給家長。
距離雲南丘北縣城16公里的「貓貓衝小學」，24名小學生集體乘坐馬車上學，12月21號中午，馬車與一輛貨車相撞。12歲的趙正娟當場死亡，而同樣12歲的王海霞送到醫院後也過世了。
這次出事的「貓貓衝小學」，有240名學生，其中一百人是臨時借讀。有媒體報導，在「貓貓衝小學」讀書，家長必須和學校簽一份《協議》，其中第六條規定，「家長如不能在規定時間內接送學生，出現事故學校概不負責」，有家長反應，校長逼他們簽協議，不簽就不讓讀。
死者原來在橫山村內的「大矣堵小學」就讀，離家走路不用10分鐘。因為學校整修，他們被分流到四、五公里外的「貓貓衝小學」上課，上學的距離遠了，每天步行上下學需要花上3個多小時。
去年學校拆遷時，施工方和教育主管部門承諾，今年9月就能將原來的學校建設完畢，讓「大矣堵」的學生搬進新學校。死者王海霞的父親提出質疑，教學樓完工3個月了，為甚麼不讓學生使用？他說，「如果學校按時完工，孩子就能回來讀書，肯定不會出事。」
據了解，丘北縣目前沒有一輛校車，而「貓貓衝小學」也不願意幫這些遠道而來的學生找公交車，家長說，他們多次找學校領導，希望能夠用中巴來接送，卻一直沒得到。死者趙正娟的父親趙永平說，他們只能每個月開支60元錢找馬車當交通工具，原本以為這樣會比較安全，可是做夢也沒想到，還是出了車禍。
縣宣傳部副部長李洪林：「今年的校車事件發生的比較多，我們這邊，這個（校車）問題一直都沒有解決，因為我們文山丘北都是比較貧窮落後，屬於國家級貧困縣，縣上也沒有、也拿不出多餘的錢來辦這件事。」
一位中學教師接受《新唐人》採訪時表示，農村有很多超過學齡的孩子，因為父母外出打工加上交通問題，為了安全他們只能選擇小孩留在家裏讓老人家照顧。
中學老師：「我們這個地方，孩子有時候呢，六歲還不能上學，六歲是不是應該上一年級了，因為就是家裏離學校太遠了，所以就沒有條件，家裏面的老人啊，六、七十歲，還帶起孫女孫兒在家讀書，希望這裡給予每個學校校車。」
面對各部門、「各級公僕」擁有的豪華車當座騎，有關單位卻無視校車的破敗缺乏。有網友感慨的說，難道校車很貴嗎？為甚麼有錢資助國外，而沒有錢給國內的學校配車？難道國人的命都不值錢？你們少吃一頓飯就能省出一輛車來。
也有人說，中國的孩子需要的並不僅僅是安全的校車，而是近距離的學校。
江蘇省豐縣校車事故發生之後，因為校車停駛，一位70歲的老奶奶，只能每天拉著車載著就讀一年級的孫女，每天往返十幾公里的路程，她只希望孫女在讀書的過程能夠平安長大！
新唐人記者朱智善、黃容採訪報導。
Students forced to sign release agreement after bus accident in Yunnan Province.
A horse and carriage carrying students in Qiubei County,
Yunnan Province has collided with a truck.
The accident has left 2 dead and 23 injured.
Parents explained the school forced them to sign a contract
during admission to use the carriage as a school bus.
If rules were not followed, and accidents occurred, the
contract shifts all responsibility to the parents.
At midday on Dec 12, the carriage, used by 24 students from
Maomaochong Primary School collided with a truck.
12-year-old Zhao Zhengjuan died instantly and 12-year-old
Wang Haixia died shortly afterward in hospital.
Maomaochong Primary School has 240 students, 100 of
which are temporary.
Several media reported parents of these students had to sign a
“contract” with the school, containing the following statement:
“If parents cannot meet and send off students on time, the
school will not be responsible for any accidents.”
A number of parents revealed they were forced by the
school principal to sign the contract.
The two who died were pupils at Dayidu Primary School in
Hengshan Village, only 10 minutes walk from their homes.
Renovations at Dayidu School meant they were reassigned to
Maomaochong School, and needed to walk 3 hours everyday.
Builders and the education department promised renovations
at Dayidu Primary School will be completed in Sep 2011.
Father of deceased Wang Haixia questioned why students
could not return 3 months after the completion deadline.
He said, “If the construction was finished on time, those kids
would have come back and avoided this accident.”
It was revealed Qiubei County did not have school buses, and
Maomaochong School didn’t find a bus for transferred pupils.
Many appeals by parents to use a minibus to commute met
with no response.
Zhao Yongping, father of deceased Zhao Zhengjuan, said that
they could only afford RMB 60 to hire a carriage for safety.
Vice County Minister of Propaganda Li Honglin said:
“Overall, many school buses accidents happened this year.
The school bus issue has not been resolved yet, as Wenshan
and Beiqiu are both poor counties compared to nationally.
These county governments cannot afford to solve the problem.”
When interviewed by NTDTV, a middle-school teacher
explained there are many children of school-age in rural areas.
For safety, they can only choose to stay at home, as parents
went away to work, and transportation remains a problem.
The middle-school teacher said: “Some kids here cannot go to
school at 6, which is a proper age for Grade One.
This is either because their homes are far from school, or
cannot afford it.
Many 60 to 70-year old people are teaching their
grandchildren at home. I hope every school can have bus.”
The lack of school buses is neglected, despite luxurious
automobiles owned by officials at all levels.
Netizens question the cost of school buses, saying money
used to financially assist other countries can fund them.
They ask, ‘are foreign lives more precious?’, saying one
officials dinner could pay for a school bus.
Many also said that children in China not only need safe
school buses, but also schools nearby.
Following the school bus accident in Feng County, Jiangsu
Province, all school buses there was stopped.
A 70-year-old woman pulls her 1st grade granddaughter to
school using a rickshaw, walking over 10 kilometers a day.
She only hopes that her granddaughter can safely
receive education while growing up!
NTD reporters Zhu Zhishan and Huang Rong
