Bus cards for schoolchildren

Nuup Bussii A/S has entered into an agreement with Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq regarding free transportation for the city’s schoolchildren.

This agreement has been in force for several years. Experience shows that pupils in the lower grades have largely discarded their bus cards. It has therefore been decided that schoolchildren in grades 1–7 will no longer be issued school bus cards. For students from grade 8 onwards, however, it is mandatory to have a valid bus card.

Bus cards are issued based on class lists provided by the city’s schools. This arrangement may present challenges for our drivers, as it can be difficult to distinguish between students in grade 7 and grade 8.

The agreement on free transportation ends when students complete compulsory schooling. The validity of the bus cards is therefore set to a date corresponding to the completion of lower secondary school, even if the student has not yet turned 16.

When former lower secondary school students begin further education and can present a valid student ID, Nuup Bussii can issue personal bus cards with a photo, granting access to tickets at a 50% discount.

Nuup Bussii does not provide general free transportation, but only free access to buses to the extent agreed upon and funded by the municipality.

We are aware that students in grade 7 have not yet received bus cards, as the class lists are only submitted in connection with the start of the school year in August. Our drivers will therefore be informed that these students must not be refused travel, even if they do not have a bus card.

There has previously been a practice whereby drivers have confiscated bus cards from students who have completed compulsory schooling. This practice will be discontinued, as the cards are personal and may not be confiscated, even if they are no longer valid.