JPJ instructed by transport ministry to clear massive backlog of candidates ready to take their driving check

Transport minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong has instructed the highway transport division (JPJ) to clear the backlog of candidates waiting to take their driving test. This comes following Wee’s shock go to to the Berjaya Driving Institute in Johor Bahru yesterday, which was posted to his official Fb web page.

“As of July 2022, a interval of seven months, the variety of Berjaya’s college students is nearly equal to the overall variety of college students for the interval of 2018. This represents a 42% enhance within the variety of college students who’ve registered this 12 months in comparison with 2018,” Wee stated.

“In the meantime, the variety of instructors on the establishment decreased from 215 in 2020 to simply 185 in 2022 at present. The typical variety of instructors has decreased whereas the variety of driving college students has elevated,” he added.

Within the state of Johor, Wee stated there have been at present 3,639 candidates ready to take their driving check, however there have been just one,518 licensed driving instructors. “For members of the general public who intend to take their driving check, the ready interval is roughly two to 3 months. The marginally longer ready interval has an impression on the general public, particularly those that need to take the driving check instantly,” he stated in his Fb submit.

Wee additionally famous the identical state of affairs is occurring within the Klang Valley, and that fast motion was essential. “Due to this fact, with the intention to clear up this challenge, yesterday, whereas chairing the post-Cupboard assembly of the transport ministry, I instructed JPJ to cope with the problem of candidates piling up or ‘backlog’ instantly,” he wrote.

The transport minister stated his ministry and JPJ would conduct on-ground monitoring to realize perception from stakeholders and the general public in an effort to resolve the matter. An announcement concerning a holistic resolution to sort out the matter will probably be made within the close to future.