Education Minister Mr. Babush Monseratte will now appreciate and value the need for education. Students drop out for lack of money to buy books and pay fees but Babush having had all the money in the world did not feel or visualize the need to invest in his education. Perhaps he did not dream that one day he would be Goa's Education Minister.
It is interesting to note that while the affidavit sworn on 12th May 2007 with his nomination papers at the last Assembly elections Mr. Monseratte stated he was an S.S.C from St Theresa's High School, Bandra but the latest information on the Goa Government website claims that the Education Minister is a Second Year, Bachelor of Arts. Assuming that the affidavit is truth, being a mere SSC (basic pre-requisite to be a clerk) the new Education Minister may not be able to contribute much to his portfolio academically but he may definitely push for making Sex education compulsory for students. As a pilot project he may introduce it in Miramar based schools and colleges so that he can monitor the progress regularly from the comfort of his nearby home. His friend the Health Minister who also lives in Miramar may also lend all the medical support and expertise required to achieve this goal along their favorite beach. Whatever they do the two should team up and vow to ensure that the shameful strains of the infamous Miramar Sex scandal of 2001 never repeats in any corner of Goa. Aires Rodrigues Ribandar
