@Frederick Noronha Sir, the Pune Board specified Modern European Language/ Modern Indian Language as the third language option. For some reason, the schools in Goa chose French, some chose Hindi while a small minority chose Portuguese. As of today, it is possible to opt for French or Portuguese, but there is a dearth of these teachers. I have known teachers to be hired even after retirement to teach French.
-- Tony de Sa. tonydesa at gmail dot com ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
