------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------- Concern voiced over full-day school ------------------------------------------------ Concerned over the proposed implementation of full day school programme, some villagers of Assolna-Ambelim have decided to take up the matter with the Education Department and a delegation of villagers will be meeting the Education Director next week asking him to intervene in the matter.
The Assolna-Ambelim villagers delegation will request the Director to study the advantages and disadvantages of the full day school programme before implementing it.
In a token protest against the proposed full day school, Mr Anthony D'Silva with his daughter sat at Lohia Chowk in Assolna. Mr D'Silva said that he has taken up this matter on humanitarian grounds and his main intention is to create awareness among people over the proposed system.
He said that during last one month he interacted with teachers, parents and students on the subject and came to the conclusion that the said programme may not work for schools in Goa.
He suggested that the Education Department should take school managments, teachers' association, parents and other educational bodies into confidence and find out disadvantages and advantages of the programme before enforcing it.
Opinions of the concerned have to be sought before implementing the programme, he maintained. He claimed that in Mumbai school duration is less as compared to school duration in Goa. In Mumbai schools run every day except on Saturdays and Sundays or Thursdays and Sundays, which are considered as holidays, he informed.
Whereas in Goa school children are working six days a week, which is more than the government employees' working time, he added.
"Can our children have lunch with their parents?," he questioned.
Focusing the issue of security of girl students, Mr D'Silva sought to know who will provide them security if they are let out during lunch breaks and informed that there is fear among parents of food poisoning.
"If the arrangment to provide food to children is made by the schools and in case if food poisoning takes place, then who shall take responsibility for it?," he questioned adding that most of the parents are scared even to let their children drink water from schools.
The government has to provide the schools with canteen facilities with proper infrastructure before implementing the new system, he added.
He felt that more teaching hours need not result in quality teaching nor quality learning. Instead let us find out solution with same number of teaching hours, otherwise children will get fed up with education for being engaged for long duration in schools, he said. -------------------------------------------------------- The Navhind Times 24/11/03 page 3 -------------------------------------------------------
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