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Govt to set up Educational Estate in Salcete HERALD REPORTER To acquire 1.50 lakh square metres of land MARGAO, DEC 14 After acquiring land measuring one lakh square metres to set up an Educational Estate at Curca-Bambolim, the Government has said around 1.50 lakh square meters of land will be acquired in Salcete to set up a similar estate. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat further said the draft-education policy will soon be placed before the people for debate and discussions after consulting all the stakeholders in the field of education. Speaking at the concluding function of the platinum jubilee celebration of Samaj Seva Sangh, a premier educational institution in Goa and of its Mahila and Nutan English high school, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat said the Government has identified land admeasuring 1.50 lakh sq mts in South Goa, which after acquisition will be allotted to the city schools to build their own schools with common facility. "The land in Curca has already been acquired and the process of allotting land to the Panjim schools will begin soon. The city schools will be shifted to the Estate and will help ease traffic congestion and provide common facility to the schools", Kamat said. Saying that the Goa government is committed to give more thrust to education and health, Kamat said the educational estates will have common playground, library and laboratories. "My Government will give topmost priority to education, without which there will be no progress in the society", he added. He said the Government will not brook any political interference in the field of education and will allow educationist to frame the educational policy. "This is one reason why the Government had formed the Educational Advisory Council, which had no representation from the politicians", he recalled. Saying that the present educational system needs changes, Kamat underlined the need for a system, which will churn out not just qualified people, but good human beings. He said the fundamental question before the citizens of the State is whether the present educational system produces a good human being or only qualified people who go for after. Complimenting the Samaj Seva Sangh for the yeoman service in the field of education in the last 75 years, Kamat said the time has come for the institution not just to do an introspection, but to chart out a course for the future. Samaj Seva Sangh President Datta Naik also spoke.
