Literacy rate goes up despite enrollments coming downLiteracy rate goes up despite enrollments coming down
NT NETWORK PANAJI â€" Although the literacy rate in the state has increased from 57.25 per cent to 82.01 per cent and furthermore, the number of schools opened in Goa at the primary, middle and secondary levels has grown during the past two decades, the enrollments have sadly come down. ‘Goa Economy in Figures - 2008’, released on Friday by the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Goa statehood has come out with many interesting observations as related to various indicators of the state. The booklet brought out by the directorate of planning, statistics and evaluation gives a comparative study of the important indicators of Goa, when it attained the statehood and now. In the educational area, the years 1987-88 and 2007-2008 show 1,14,915 and 98,651 enrollments at the primary level, respectively, 84,492 and 64,256 enrollments at the middle level, respectively, while 62,598 and 62,766 enrollments at the secondary level, respectively. On the other hand, the years 1987-88 and 2007-08 points out 1,240 and 1,255 primary level schools available in Goa, respectively, 419 and 442 middle level schools available in the state, respectively, while 311 and 376 secondary level schools available in Goa, respectively. It is also shocking to see that during the year 2007-08, the primary level had 98,651 students, while the higher secondary level had only 26,914 students. Statistics points out that the number of marriages registered in Goa in the year 1987-88 were 5,540, while they have almost doubled in the year 2007-08 with their number touching 10,326, with the birth rate per ‘000’ population dropping from 18.24 to 15.70, over the period of 2 decades. The death rate in the state per ‘000’ population has however increased from 6.72 to 8.29, from 1987-88 to 2007-08. In the health sector, the statistics informs, there were 2,371 beds in government hospitals, during the year 1987-88, while their number increased merely to 2,841, in the year 2007-08. On the other hand, the beds in private hospitals in the state increased from 1,312 to 2,360, over the past two decades. The government hospitals increased from 31 to 32, while the number of private ones increased from 82 to 123, over the twenty-year period. As far as registration of motor vehicles in the state was concerned, the number was 93,506 in the year 1987-88, which increased to 6,23,980 in 2007-08. The number of post offices in Goa at the time of the region attaining statehood were 219, and they increased to 258 in 2007-08, while the culture of e-mail and SMS resulted in reducing the number of telegraph offices in Goa from 71 to 12, since 1987-88 till date. Interestingly, the domestic animals too decreased in number from 1987-88 to 2007-08, with the livestock reducing from 3.16 lakh to 2.53 lakh, cattle reducing from 1.12 lakh to 71,763 and poultry reducing from 6.08 lakh to 5.30 lakh. The tourism sector has however grown tremendously, with the hotels/ lodging houses increasing from 275 to 2,444 and beds in hotels/ lodging houses increasing from 11,065 to 41,031, during past 20 years. Finally, Goa is moving from being a rural Union Territory to an urban state, with increase in its towns from 15 to 44 and decrease in its villages from 419 to 359, during last two decades. NT NETWORK PANAJI â€" Although the literacy rate in the state has increased from 57.25 per cent to 82.01 per cent and furthermore, the number of schools opened in Goa at the primary, middle and secondary levels has grown during the past two decades, the enrollments have sadly come down. ‘Goa Economy in Figures - 2008’, released on Friday by the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Goa statehood has come out with many interesting observations as related to various indicators of the state. The booklet brought out by the directorate of planning, statistics and evaluation gives a comparative study of the important indicators of Goa, when it attained the statehood and now. In the educational area, the years 1987-88 and 2007-2008 show 1,14,915 and 98,651 enrollments at the primary level, respectively, 84,492 and 64,256 enrollments at the middle level, respectively, while 62,598 and 62,766 enrollments at the secondary level, respectively. On the other hand, the years 1987-88 and 2007-08 points out 1,240 and 1,255 primary level schools available in Goa, respectively, 419 and 442 middle level schools available in the state, respectively, while 311 and 376 secondary level schools available in Goa, respectively. It is also shocking to see that during the year 2007-08, the primary level had 98,651 students, while the higher secondary level had only 26,914 students. Statistics points out that the number of marriages registered in Goa in the year 1987-88 were 5,540, while they have almost doubled in the year 2007-08 with their number touching 10,326, with the birth rate per ‘000’ population dropping from 18.24 to 15.70, over the period of 2 decades. The death rate in the state per ‘000’ population has however increased from 6.72 to 8.29, from 1987-88 to 2007-08. In the health sector, the statistics informs, there were 2,371 beds in government hospitals, during the year 1987-88, while their number increased merely to 2,841, in the year 2007-08. On the other hand, the beds in private hospitals in the state increased from 1,312 to 2,360, over the past two decades. The government hospitals increased from 31 to 32, while the number of private ones increased from 82 to 123, over the twenty-year period. As far as registration of motor vehicles in the state was concerned, the number was 93,506 in the year 1987-88, which increased to 6,23,980 in 2007-08. The number of post offices in Goa at the time of the region attaining statehood were 219, and they increased to 258 in 2007-08, while the culture of e-mail and SMS resulted in reducing the number of telegraph offices in Goa from 71 to 12, since 1987-88 till date. Interestingly, the domestic animals too decreased in number from 1987-88 to 2007-08, with the livestock reducing from 3.16 lakh to 2.53 lakh, cattle reducing from 1.12 lakh to 71,763 and poultry reducing from 6.08 lakh to 5.30 lakh. The tourism sector has however grown tremendously, with the hotels/ lodging houses increasing from 275 to 2,444 and beds in hotels/ lodging houses increasing from 11,065 to 41,031, during past 20 years. Finally, Goa is moving from being a rural Union Territory to an urban state, with increase in its towns from 15 to 44 and decrease in its villages from 419 to 359, during last two decades.
