FN wrote: Everyone will interprete the cup as being half-full or half-empty, depending on their own interests... and biases.
My reply: How do you interpret a cup as being half-full or half-empty? And what is your interest and biases on the issue? Please be clear on this. As for me and more particularly in this message I have only brought the data published in local daily to Gaonet without any personal comments. FN wrote: * Nearly half of all primary students in Goa are currently *forced* to study in a medium not of their/their parents' choice. My reply: From where did you get this statistics dear FN? What do you mean by *forced* to study in a medium not of their/their parents' choice? Or do you mean to say that feedback forms from 15,654 parent i.e. half of 31,308 students from 905 government primary schools were forcefully taken? If so, it's a serious offence - offender needs to be punished! FN: * 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.) My query: FN, please clarify as to what according to you does not quite apply here? .. Don't beat round the bushes! FN: * 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. My reply: why government primary students should not be the part takers in such a survey? Just before this point, you said that half of these students from govt. primary school are *forced* to study in a medium not of their choice! In fact their part taking should serve as an eye opener to govt. because most of these students are representing real aam admi whose parent cannot afford to pay fees of private schools. And more so because Kangress government boosts of being the government of the aam admi, by the aam admi and for the aam admi (although converse is true i.e. off aam admi, buy aam admi, and far from aam admi!!) * 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? My reply: I think you can collect this data from education department - Panaji under right to information. Why you want to depend on some other person for this data! Should you get the data please let all Goanet members also know about it. Secondly, what's the use of the survey you are asking someone to do when you firmly believe that surveys could be done to "prove" anything (your concluding remark) FN wrote: Surveys could be done to "prove" anything! FN My reply: You are absolutely right Mr. FN. But unfortunately this time, feedback forms were circulated by Kangress government headed by Digamber Kamat. His government allowed grants to schools with English as MOI based on 52,000 signatures collected from the parents by so called English mogi and Diocesan Society of Education (DSE) and Archdiocesan Board of Education (ABE) - Goa. How come, Digamber did not realize what you believe in? i.e. surveys could be done to "prove" anything! Going by your concluding comment, I feel you want mind if I say that those 52,000 signatures were collected to "prove" hidden agendas of DSE & ABE - right Mr. FN? Best regards, U. G. Barad
