GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI | 18 FEBRUARY 2012 20:45 IST Education minister Babush Monseratte has finally said he has passed standard XII examination in 2009, and not in 1979, after he became the education minister of Goa.
The latest affidavit filed by Babush before the returning officer to contest from St Cruz constituency states that he has passed Senior Secondary Examination from Council of Secondary Education, Mohali in 2009. The higher secondary education in Goa is called senior secondary education (Std XI and XII) in Mohali, Punjab. Council of Secondary Education (CSE) in Mohali of Punjab is not a school but like a Board of Examinations, which the schools are affiliated to. Babush however has not mentioned in his affidavit which school he studied at, which was affiliated to the Council of Secondary Education, Mohali. Section 8 of the Norms for Affiliation of the CSE, Mohali states that the student from Std IX to XII should do two hours of homework every day, of which written work should not exceed one hour. Section 9 of the Affiliation Norms speaks about records to be maintained by the affiliated schools, of which section (a) deals with attendance of the student, as under: “9. Records a) The School shall maintain records of the attendance of pupils in Classes IX and X, XI and XII for the purpose of admission to the Council's examinations. The entries in these records should be properly checked and signed by the Principal or a teacher nominated by the Principal. The attendance records should be made available for inspection when this is required by the Chief Executive and secretary of the Council.” Babush was appointed the education minister on 7 August 2008. He, as per the affidavit, passed out his standar XII in 2009. His Goa Assembly profile however still shows that he has passed SSC. Educational qualification of Babush had become a controversy after social activist Adv Aires Rodrigues had challenged his affidavit. Babush had filed this affidavit in 2007 Assembly election. This (2007) affidavit had stated that Babush had passed SSC from St Theresa's High School from Bandra in Mumbai through Maharashtra Education Board. Adv Rodrigues had then procured a letter from the Headmaster of St Theresa's High School, which had stated that Babush had left that school on 7 September in 1978 while in the standard VIII. In his reply to the show cause notice issued by the Returning Officer, Babush had then stated that he is SSC but not from St Theresa's High School as he studied in many other schools after being in St Theresa's. The latest affidavit of 2012, filed now before the returning officer however states that he has passed senior secondary examination (Std XII) from a school affiliated to the Council of Secondary Education of Mohail in Punjab in 2009. Babush was serving Goa as the education minister when he had passed his standard XII examination. Source: http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=1891#.Tz_jpPoQUZM.facebook --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
