Welcome back to Goanet Fr Ivo. Hope you are well and had a full recovery. Roland. Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell.
-----Original Message----- From: <icso...@bsnl.in> Sender: goanet-bounces@lists.goanet.orgDate: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:17:26 To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!<goanet@lists.goanet.org> Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Political use of surveys ... Re: Goa Govt. stands exposed! To Goanet members, We are living in a chaotic state. We have forgotten even our own language. We should try to give a proper answer to the language problem. With thanks, Fr.Ivo ---- " Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا " <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <dr.udayba...@gmail.com> 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 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------