SRINAGAR, JULY 11: Kashmir’s Director of School Education has ordered cancellation of the official registration of Iqra Public School Khumriyal, Lolab after a bus carrying its students and staff met with an accident, killing three people and injuring another thirty.
A 14-year-old student and a teacher died after a school bus with children, going on a picnic, rolled down a gorge near Tangmarg in North Kashmir, 45 kms from capital Srinagar.
An official spokesperson said the authorities ordered cancellation of the registration because the school administration had taken their students for picnic, “thus defying Government order issued earlier for not proceeding on an outing without the permission of the education department”.
Meanwhile, the Director of Schools has asked heads of all government and private educational institutions of the valley to take utmost care about the safety of students during such outings.
“The delinquent heads of the institutions shall be dealt with severely,” the spokesperson said.
