Over the past years, both parents and schools have been in distress over the issue of how to guarantee the safety of the students both walking or even taking the bus to school. This article proposes IoT based Bus Attendance and Notification System, which is built on the facial recognition technology to automate student attendance, security and timely parent and school administration notification. The unit possesses sensor based identification system which is accurate to guarantee ample detecting of students boarding and alighting. It takes the attendance and automatically sends an SMS alarm throughout the IoT based communication. By eradicating errors, the system is aiding in making the student-transportation operations more reliable and safe besides cutting down on delays and making them more easily monitored.