Manama : The fee for driving classes have been hiked from BD5 to BD7 per hour starting tomorrow as per the latest resolution (114 of 2017) issued by Interior Minister Lieutenant General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa.

The resolution, which is issued on July 27 and was published in the Official Gazette on Thursday, stipulates amending the second Article of Resolution 4 of 1983 with regards to specifying the fares of taxis and driving training classes.

It mentions that driving classes for private and public transportation licenses should be increased from BD5 per hour to BD7.

“The General Director of Traffic should implement this resolution on the next day after publishing it in the Official Gazette,” it was mentioned in the revolution.

Interior Ministry explained further in a statement issued yesterday, “In this case, the resolution is meant to modify the driving classes for private vehicles fee to BD7 instead of the BD5 currently applied for each hour, without modifying the fees of other types of classes for taxis and other types such as heavy vehicles and construction machinery, which remained unchanged as currently.”

“The minister’s resolution comes within the framework of the ministry’s efforts to improve the services of the driving training sector and to meet the aspiration of its employees and as an appreciation of the pioneering role played by the instructors in the field of driving training and qualifying citizens and residents to drive vehicles, in cooperation with the General Directorate of Traffic,” the ministry’s statement read.

The General Director of Traffic Colonel Shaikh Abdulrahman bin Abdulwahab Al Khalifa said that the Department has taken all necessary measures to implement the minister’s resolution in this regard, which will be implemented from Sunday.