All Principals and head teachers are being alerted to monitor students while boarding school buses to avoid overcrowding.
The Minister of Education, Mr Filipe Bole is concerned over the number of students some buses are carting which is in excess of the legal number allowed.
The concern was raised after an AK Naicker and Sons Ltd bus carrying students home after school was involved in a road accident in Nadi on Wednesday afternoon.
βThe school bus accident in Nadi had revealed the bus was over crowded with students more than what it was supposed to take. Principals and headteachers are reminded to monitor students boarding school buses and ensure buses are loading the right number of students,β the minister said.