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Driving schools urge LTO to defer new licensing policy

A GROUP of private driving schools called on the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to discuss with them details of its new policy on the processing of driver's licenses to come up with a 'harmonious balance' that would benefit all stakeholders.

In a press conference on Thursday, the Association of Accredited Driving Schools of the Philippines Inc. (AADSPI) appealed to the LTO to defer the implementation of Memorandum Circular JMT-2023-2390, or the Omnibus Guidelines on the Accreditation, Supervision, and Control of Driving Institutions, and the Standardization of Driver and Conductor's Education that will be implemented beginning April 15.

Let’s talk Owners of driving schools led by Association of Accredited Driving Schools of the Philippines, Inc. president Marie Franz Gavino-Ochoco appealed on Thursday March 30, 2023 to Land Transportation Office Assistant Secretary Jay Art Tugade to hold a dialogue with them to discuss training rates and qualifications for the processing of driver’s licenses. PHOTO By BENEDICT ABAYGAR, JR.