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This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro If you would like to sponsor Goanet's operations contact: Herman Carneiro - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi Selma, Thanks for your note. There will be no gap between the privileged sons and daughters of Goa and the masses as far as education is concerned when IITian Manohar Parrikar becomes Chief Minister of Goa after the May elections. We will have a great education system in Goa ! The entire Goa Schools curricullum will be revamped to be one of the best in India and IIT Entrance Exam coaching classes will be held all over Goa for nominal fees. Thanks to the fine example of what Goan students can achieve after an IIT degree, set by Manohar as the effective and efficient CM during his first term, IITian Manohar Parrikar was largely responsible for the exemplary exposure that resulted in six Goan students being admitted to IIT this year and not all of them were from priviledged families. In fact I know of many priviledged sons and daughters of Goa who did not get into the IITs despite trying (remember IIT system is a meritocracy, not an aristocracy !) and they have still not arrived in the US despite their aspirations to do so. Manohar's education and IIT programs will ensure that the IITs are stuffed with well qualified Goan students for the forseeable future. So its up to all Goenkars (Christaos and Koknes) to send the Goan Gaon Goon Chors of Congress packing, and elect the highest educated Goan politician who is an expert on Good Governance IITian Manohar Parrikar as the next Goa Chief Minister with a resounding majority for the Greater Good of Goa ! Viva Goa ! Viva Parrikar ! Viva ! Viva ! Best Regards, Dr. Carmo D'Cruz, Goan, IITian, ex Velim Goa now Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:14:38 -0800 (PST) From: Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Goa's Educational system To: Sunith Velho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ........................................................... Let me say however there is a big disconnect between what the privileged sons and daughters of Goa can reap as reward and what the masses can look forward to. A good education system levels the playing field. It makes available not just opportunity but also aspiration, motivation and the inclination to climb higher and reach further. A good education system exposes the mind to ideas, challenges limitations, taps into creativity and makes possible the impossible. It is not adequate that financial aid is made possible. It is more important to have the type of facilities in terms of libraries, first class teachers at every level, books, research labs, proper class size (the average size in Goa by the way is 60 per class. ......., sport facilities, music, lack of environmental stressors (one school in Margao overlooks a garbage dump, many don't have chairs or tables in the villages), availability to information such as the internet (even though the computer scheme makes computers available, it doesn't supply the software needed to make it viable). These are just a few of the things an education system should encompass and when made available to everyone, is successful in leveling the playing field between the rich and the poor. .................................................................. .................................................................. selma