- Schools no longer insist on consent letter to attend offline classes
- Disaster management authority has finally given its nod to end the hybrid mode of education in the capital
By Shinjini Malik
In what can be termed as music to the ears of school managements, the disaster management authority has finally given its nod to end the hybrid mode of education in the capital. For more than two years, schools across the country insisted on a consent letter from parents to let students attend offline classes.
Students will finally return to the classroom for the first time in two years, in an offline setup. According to a statement given by the Directorate of Education (DoE), students of standard 10 and 12 will no longer be required to submit consent letters signed by their parents to attend offline classes. Students of all classes are being prepared to attend offline classes as the hybrid mode of education is about to end on April 1.
In the last two months several states issued orders to reopen schools barring a few. Parents too have been sceptical of sending their wards owing to the Covid-19 and its variant strains. However, with the number of positive cases dropping steadily, schools have reopened.
Schools will welcome back students of all classes in their classrooms from the first of April. “All schools may conduct offline classes for students of grade 10 and 12. Consent of parents for attending offline classes is not mandatory. Schools may also deploy transportation facilities for the convenience of students and parents with COVID-appropriate behaviour being followed,” stated the DoE in a letter to the schools. Schools have been shut since the onset of Covid-19 in the country from March 2020. This is the first time schools will start to function in the offline mode in two years.
The Goa government on Tuesday has withdrawn a circular making the consent of parents mandatory for children to attend classes in the offline mode. The state education director Bhushan Savaikar has issued a new circular requesting the government, unaided government schools, government aided, primary school heads, secondary school heads, higher secondary school heads, and special school heads to not ask for the parents consent slip for children to attend offline classes.
