Students of classes 10 and 12 will no longer need to bring consent letters signed by their parents to attend offline classes in schools of Delhi, as per the Directorate of Education (DoE).
For the first time in two years, schools in the national capital will open completely in offline mode for all classes from April 1, with the city's disaster management authority last week giving its nod to end the hybrid mode of operation.
"All schools may conduct offline classes for students of Class X and XII. 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," the DoE said in a letter to schools.
Schools in the national capital were closed in March 2020 ahead of a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
While schools reopened in phases whenever the COVID-19 situation permitted, they have been operating in hybrid mode and students were allowed to attend offline classes only with their parents' consent.
According to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) order issued on Saturday, the blended and hybrid mode (online and offline) of learning and consent from parents will only be followed for students up to Class IX and those in Class XII till March 31.
The Goa government too on Tuesday withdrew a circular making parents' consent mandatory for children to attend classes in the offline mode.
In a new circular issued during the day, the state education director, Bhushan Savaikar requested heads of government, government-aided, unaided pre-primary, primary, secondary, higher secondary and special schools to not insist on parents' consent for students to physically attend classes.
The new circular has come days after parents raised objections to the consent forms, which institutions were getting signed from them.
All educational institutions have begun physical classes from last week, after the number of COVID-19 cases dropped drastically in the coastal state.
Savaikar said that the circular withdrawing the requirement of consent from parents has been issued with the approval of the competent authority.
Goa on Monday reported 18 new cases of coronavirus that took the tally of infections to 2,45,019, leaving the state with 271 active cases.