Education department has completed counting all the feedback forms (options given by parents from Goa) regarding the choice of medium of instruction at primary level.
Final figures, after counting feedback forms from Government primary schools, are as follows: Number of government primary schools 905; Total number of students 31,308; Language wise breakup: Number of students opted for Marathi 25,868; Number of students opted for English 1,679; Number of students opted for Konkani 1,360; Number of students opted for Urdu 1,100; Number of students opted for Kanada 1,488; Number of students opted for Hindi 223; Number of students opted for Telgu 13 (Striking options of Parents: The feedback coming from government primary schools clearly indicates that Marathi is the 1st preferred choice of students, English takes 2nd position while Konkani takes 3rd position, this is followed by demand for Urdu, Kanada, Hindi and Telgu) With this counting, total counting for Goa is over and overall count for entire Goa is as follows: Out of 61,000 students: 33,000 students opted for regional language (Marathi and Konkani together) as their choice for medium of instruction at primary level; balance 28,000 students opted for English as MOI. In terms of percentage (rounded up to nearest percentage): Around 54 % opted for regional language (Marathi and Konkani together - largest percentage share in this figure goes to Marathi language) as MOI while 46 % opted for English as medium of instruction (this 46 % mostly represents the students from schools run by Diocesan Society of Education and Archdiocesan Board of Education - Goa). (All the figures quoted herein above are as reported in today's local daily) Best regards, U. G. Barad
