In a major relief for both teaching and non-teaching staff of city schools, they will no longer have to report to work just for recording their physical attendance. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) education department issued a circular on Tuesday evening regarding the same and said that the decision had been taken in view of the rising COVID-19 cases in the city.

As per the initial arrangements, 50 per cent physical attendance was mandatory for both teaching and non-teaching staff of schools. They used to take turns to report to schools to log in their attendance. Since the COVID-19 cases started increasing in the city, there has been growing demand from staffers to cancel the earlier order.