Today, we are witnessing a concerted attempt to politicize Goa university. Let us try to understand the advantages of if Goa University is made central university. The frequent annual increase of fees for students to mobilize funds would be called off the moment G.U. is declared a Central University thus enabling a large number of brilliant students many of whom can’t afford tuition fee to the tune of lakhs of rupees and also special incentive to research scholars who will be offered Rs. 3-5 thousand monthly stipend to support their expenses. A large number new equipments would come to the universityfor the use of the students and teachers as well. The overall budget of the University will increase as lot of funds will flow in from HRD Ministry and UGC for planning and implementation of new schemes and also will attract best teaching faculty from across the country due to rise in pay levels. Goa University being located at a strategic place near the Capital City, in association with other upcoming institutions, will act as a knowledge grid for the entire konkan region. In terms of administration the efficiency of the University would improve to a great level due to extensive use on new technology.
Although quite late, Goa Government has finally decided to let Goa University be a Central University after being given a option of choosing between a State and Central University since 1987. It took Govt. almost two decades to take this wise decision after facing financial crunch. Central university status will enhance the quality and standings of degrees . Otherwise Goa University Degrees don’t have much value outside Goa. In Gulf and Particularly in Kuwait Engineering Degree is not recognized by Kuwait Society of Engineers so Engineer holding Goa University Degree can not find a job in Government or Oil sector company in Kuwait. We should stop opposing any thing which is development oriented to Goa just for the sake of opposing otherwise our state will face recession in progress. Vinay Natekar Kuwait
