Those who are demanding admission for children in the school also have a duty to ensure that the school is given all facilities to expand and grow to its full potential. It is easy to fling wild allegations. Everyone wants priviledges and a share of the cake; how many have taken the trouble to build up institutions of this kind?
I have been a neighbour, a student, an alumni and a parent-of-students at the Lourdes Convent. From 1967 or so, I've seen the work and dedication put in to build this institution, by the FMCK nuns (from Sr Veronica, Sr Adelaide, Sr Lily and many, many others) and the teachers and so many non-teaching staff. Sr Lily I've known from the time she was a primary school teacher, till she became the principal, and she has been always been very cooperative and supportive. Those who understand the way education works in Goa today, would be able to read between the lines of what is being said. For a long time (around 1992-2012), Devanagari Konkani was forced down the throats of parents and students. Nobody wanted to join the school then! Now, Lourdes Convent has an English-medium primary school again, we are bound to see all kinds of pressures for admission! Should education and our institutions be politicised? Can those who are lobbying for the benefits of having a good school in our village also do something to build it further? In my view, LCHS should have got permissions to start and run at least a higher-secondary school, if not a college by now... consider all the excellent work it has put in since the 1940s. The funding situation is very tight for education in Goa today. If you are a well-connected even-if-semi-literate politician or ex-MLA, you can set up a higher secondary school or even a college! The rest are left to the wolves. They are then beaten with the we-are-not-getting-admission stick. Is school admissions a matter for discussion at the panchayat level? Lourdes Convent has recently set up a school for students with special needs. It is a well sought-out institution. Have we bothered to ask what is needed to create and build such institutions? The government pays some of the costs involved; where does the other money come from? The school has been very open in taking in students from diverse backgrounds. My daughter has just completed her SSC from Lourdes Convent, and both my brother and me studied there till Std VI. Here's wishing the school grows from strength to strength, and one day becomes Our Lady of Lourdes College! FN On 26 May 2014 09:20, 'Ashley Delaney' via Saligao-Net < [email protected]> wrote: > While congrats are in order, Yesterdays Gram sabha threw up a totally > different story and picture. some highlights on the topic that came up > under AOB. > > > - a villager "surya" wrote a letter bringing to the attention of the > gram sabha the apparent refusal of the Lourdes convent authorities > (principal) in giving admission to students from Saligao. > - When his letter was read, the sarpanch also made a mention that his > children were also denied admission. all the panch members revealed that > all 9 had gone in a delegation to the school, but were told in no uncertain > terms that no villager of salgao would be allowed admission. > - wen probed, members revealed that only if you approached with a > hefty "donation" could you get admission, as first preference was given to > students from calangute who were high paying. in fact a claim was made that > the PTA was actually running the school and getting admissions done. > - with many members expressing thier anguish that this was actually > going on for almost 3 years now and only JUST being made public, the Gram > sabha resolved to write to the school and the department of education about > this denial of rights by the school under the Right to Education. > > > considering that the matter took a good 15 minutes to discuss, many more > things were said - but the concise summary is as above. > Ashley > > > > > On Monday 26 May 2014 02:43 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या > *فريدريك نورونيا wrote: > > Congratulations to all those who got through their SSC exam at the Lourdes > Convent, results declared on Sunday May 25, 2014. 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