Cip Fernandes: Education in corruption and apathy ? Poor quality maintenance work and a dilapidated building are giving a nightmare to students, not their syllabus. The inundated classrooms and corridors are a telling sign of quality of education in Goa. Building schools is one aspect in the promotion of literacy, but making those structures safe and amenable to pursue education is quite another task altogether. In once such case, the condition of the Government High School (GHS) at Kalay-Sanguem has deteriorated to such an extent that almost all classrooms are submerged and students are forced to study in water-logged classrooms. Parents of students studying at the GHS Kalay have bitterly complained about the poor condition of the school building. ?The school building, constructed some 30 years ago to all classrooms and corridor,? complained a parent. [H]
My take: Ironically, while Government is so lax and neglectful of its own schools, it expects grant-aided schools to comply with all rules under the School Education act. On the other hand, private non-aided schools are let alone to do as they please. This has created a life like 'caste' system among schools. It is Government schools for the poor and havenots, Aided Schools for the middle class and Private schools for the elite. Time that the Edu Department took its work seriously. -- "Tony de Sa" < tonydesa at gmail dot com>
