The Directorate of Collegiate Education is set to issue fresh advisory to colleges in Kerala urging extra caution in the selection of buses for excursions.
The move comes in the wake of the tragic accident in Palakkad in which nine persons, including five students, were killed after a speeding tourist bus engaged by a school in Ernakulam for an excursion rammed a KSRTC superfast bus on Wednesday midnight.
“The existing circular about the guidelines while organising excursions from educational institutions will be yet again circulated among colleges in the wake of the accident. College authorities will be asked in no uncertain terms not to cede to the preference of the students in the choice of buses that do not match the guidelines,” said V. Vigneshwari, Director, College Education.
