Everyone will interprete the cup as being half-full or half-empty, depending on their own interests... and biases.
As far as I see it: * Nearly half of all primary students in Goa are currently *forced* to study in a medium not of their/their parents' choice. * The Marathi students anyway don't have a problem... they already get what they want. And should have the right to it. (Never mind that the arguments being used for others -- mother-tongue education is best, etc, etc -- doesn't quite apply here.) * The issue of including government primary students who are satisfied with their medium of education in such a survey does not arise. Their position will not be affected. * What about those already studying English in private primary schools? How many are they in number? Will *anyone* do a survey to see if *they* want to shift to Marathi/Konkani? Surveys could be done to "prove" anything! FN On 27 July 2011 12:00, U. G. Barad <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > >
