On 27 May 2014 14:53, ANNETTE D'SOUZA <[email protected]> wrote:
> An example with regard to admission in School in Saligao - if there are > just 2 seats either in Nursery or 5th Std. - shouldnt the seats be given > to Goans first? ...whether from Saligao or neighbouring villages.... again, > Saligao people should be given first preference unless criterion is marks > percentage! Even during the 1960's, we had students from Pilerne, > Calangute, Nagoa, Arpora, Salcete (some of whom were boarders).... > However, for the two seats, if there is just one Goan then both Goan & > non-Goan will be happy....... Instead of fighting Saligao-versus-Calangute, "Goan"-versus-"non-Goan", resident-versus-expat, rich-versus-poor, or whatever, wouldn't it make sense to ensure that good educational institutions be allowed to grow (and all the others get a chance to improve too)... so that there are enough seats for all who need them? This is an unfortunate and unnecessary controversy; no way to treat those who have been going out of their way to build education in our village for the past seven-and-half decades. Instead of fighting over a small cake, we need to ensure that we have a larger cake for all to partake in. The questions that need to be asked: * How can good institutions continue to grow (taking care of space and other constraints) so that we don't have to be fighting among ourselves? * What can *I* do to support their growth? * How can all the other institutions get a boost in standards and quality, so that there are more options to choose from? We want the best for our children. We cannot be complacent about what we have or what we're giving them. This is a competitive world. I think alumni also have a bigger role in supporting the institutions which helped to shape us. FN -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
