It varies widely. Till grants became availabe at the primary level (albeit with the "regional languages medium only" proviso), the Catholic Church and affiliated religious orders were about the only agency running primary schools outside of the Government-run network. Probably this had to do with their willingness/ability to invest resources, as much as their vision on the religious education of young children.
At the (long funded) middle and high school level, there has been a mix of schools run by a variety of groups -- State, church, profit-making bodies, industrialists, Hindutva-linked organisations, local politicians and others. There are statistics maintained by the Education Department on this, though some of the latter categories are not very obvious. At the college level, I think the Church has done very little, in a state where the Jesuits set up their first college in Asia. Don Bosco's has just entered the field of collegiate education, the Jesuits have nothing, and Xavier's has long functioned as a traditional college (changing and expanding recently). Rosary's Navelim is a newer addition, while Carmel's for Girls has been there since the 'seventies, I think. But it would still not be proportionate to what could be done... As far as taxes paid by the public, is it your view that the State shouldn't fund minority-run education? Or what would be the fair minimum for such funds to be granted? As far as I know, a large bulk of students attending Catholic institutions are from outside Catholic families, and do so voluntarily. FN On 21/07/07, Sachin Phadte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fred asks: "Sachin, what level of education are you talking about? Do you > consider the government to be Catholic, Hindu, secular > or pseudo-secular?" > > What level of education? I guess the answer would be all. I hope > the data > is available. RE the second question. I guess it would be secular since it is paid from > the taxes collected from the citizens. > > Sachin Phadte > > -- Frederick Noronha Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: +91-832-2409490 M: +91-9970157402 Yahoo: fredericknoronha Skype: fredericknoronha GTalk: fredericknoronha 784, Sonarbhat, Near Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/attachments/20070721/e840de2f/attachment.htm