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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:24:15 +0100

From: Tony de Sa <tonyde...@gmail.com>

To: "Goa's Premiere Mailing List, Estd 1994" <goanet@lists.goanet.org>

Subject: Re: [Goanet] Medium of instruction in Goa

 

Dear Tony, 

 

With all due respect to you and the rest of the teachers, I do not question your
professionalism in what you'll do or know. I have all the respect for the
teachers, not just mine, like nursing it's a divine profession. I may be
emotional in my interpretation but so are all the others who have been giving
different other reasons. 

 

Now could you please give me a straight answer to the same question, if there
are teachers who can get the students to learn, speak and write in English in
primary, would you still support English medium ? Or do you believe that our
children in Konkanni medium primary school cannot be thought English at all,
even if we have qualified teachers to do it ? 

 

I am fine with the slogan that parents know what is good for their children or
that parents should decide, in this case I say so be it, I have no qualms about
it, but when justifications are made with all the wrong reasons, it stinks. For
such an issue there should be no compromises and surely no justifications are
required, plain and simple, my children, I know what is good for them nothing
more nothing less. During our time, most of our parents were uneducated; one
just can't say that today, can we ? Today it's the other way round as most
parents are educated, so today's parents are in a better position to decide what
is good for their children, isn't that right ?  This is the point I want to
make.

 

The other point I want to make is the authorities should get the required
infrastructure and thereafter support in place first (you yourself said about
the lack of it) before they try to implement their policies. The infrastructure
includes well trained teachers as their prime resources in their respective
fields especially the languages. I am sure everyone will agree that most jobs in
government schools and even some in private schools have been "bought" or got
through influence, so quality is sacrificed at the alter of monetary gains. This
is the biggest mistake in our system. 

 

I know our authorities tend to jump without seeing where they are lending, I am
sure you and the rest will agree that the authorities should recruit and invest
in training quality teachers who are qualified even if they do not have money to
bribe, to be better educationists. I have seen teachers in a few government run
schools wherein the teachers themselves do not know English, so what knowledge
can they impart to the students ? I do not blame the parents nor the teachers or
the students; I blame the authorities who try to get the cart before the horse. 

 

This whole controversy that has been blown out of proportions is infact what our
government wants so that we get divided and stay divided so that they can rule
the roost. We Goans have swallowed it hook line and sinker !

 

Freddy Agnelo Fernandes
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