THE Road Transport Department (RTD) is targeting all tests involving 462,124 outstanding candidates at 232 driving institutes nationwide to be completed before the end of the year.

RTD deputy director-general (planning and operations) Aedy Fadly Ramli said to achieve that, the department will increase the number of testers by up to 20%, depending on the needs of each driving institute.

“RTD in each state has identified the number of candidates for each driving institute and has sent data to the headquarters in Putrajaya for us to identify how many additional testers will be sent. Currently, RTD has 530 testers nationwide,” he said.

“Besides that, we will also increase the daily quota of candidates to be tested at each driving institute. The number varies according to the capacity of the premises… therefore, the number of additional testers to be sent is according to the needs of each institute.”

Aedy was speaking to reporters after visiting the Bitara Driving Institute near Padang Midin, Kuala Terengganu today. Also present was Terengganu RTD director Zulkarnain Yasin.

Apart from that, driving institutes are also advised to give priority to overdue candidates as opposed to new candidates completing their tests, which have been long delayed due to the enforcement of the movement-control order since last year.

Aedy also said starting today, RTD will also monitor compliance with Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures set by the National Security Council for all driving institutes regularly. – Bernama, September 26, 2021.