-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Read V.M. de Malar's latest Column: | | | | Politics of Destruction | | | | http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=416 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear me,
The column "Shendde todd" of Principal Subhash Velingkar in the SUNAPARANT of 23 March, 2006 makes interesting reading. He is almost nostalgic about the Portuguese colonial rulers and Bhausaheb Bandodkar for promoting 1. Marathi education in Goa and 2. "Nationalizing" the Catholics of Goa through a native language, Marathi. The Congress, on the other hand , is accused of 'anglicizing' the Goans since 1980. According to Velingkar, the Congress is now delivering a body blow to the local language eduction by asking the BJP-VHP groups to return possession of 21 schools entrusted to them for operation by the then Parrikar regime. The loss of 318 students to the VHP is going to ring the death knell of Konakni and Marathi education in Goa and once again going to de-nationalise its children. Imagine this happening when there are 905 Marathi and 79 Konkani primary schools [GPS] run by the Goa Government and 126 Konkani schools run by catholic organisations [like DSE and ABE] and 63 Marathi medium primary schools run by other societies and trusts in Goa. Transfer of 21 out of 1229 primary schools back to Government control brings the VHP to tears. I wonder if it is about the loss of GPS or the loss of possession of the property and infrastructure for VHP propaganda that is worrying Velingkar more. "So sad, so nice the days that are no more" Viva Goa. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miguel Braganza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:40 AM Subject: Re: Govt move to ban Konkani,Marathi schools run by VHP fronts > The 21 schools were run in Marathi medium [ I do not know if one or more of them taught Konkani] but that is NOT the issue. The LANGUAGE or MEDIUM of > Instruction is hardly the issue. The issue is that these wereGOVERNMENT > Primary Schools [GPS] in villages that were handed over APPARENTLY TO AS > MANY PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS somehow affiliated to Vidya > Bharati, an umbrella organisation based at Vidya Prabhodini, behind XCHR, > Porvorim. Do I need to say more? > Viva Goa. > > Miguel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Teotonio R. de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:32 PM > Subject: [goa-research-net] Govt move to ban Konkani,Marathi schools > (1) Would some GRNetter/s let us know where these schools were > functioning (which villages) and how many are they from the total in > Goa? Is the reduction of Antruzi Konkani schools that is really > bothering the BJP? > (2) How much Konkani / Marathi is taught in the post-primary levels? > Teotonio R. de Souza > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "D'Souza, Avelino" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Panaji, March 22 (PTI): The Goa BJP has strongly condemned > government's decision to cancel permission of 21 Konkani and Marathi primary > schools from next academic year dubbing it as an attempt to encourage > English education in the state. > > Avelino
