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________________________________ From: Tony de Sa <tonyde...@gmail.com> To: "Goa's Premiere Mailing List, Estd 1994" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Sent: Mon, March 28, 2011 8:33:32 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Medium of Instruction in Goa Further to my last post on the subject, what everybody has missed out is that the Right to Education Act (RTE) does not merely specify PRIMARY EDUCATION but specifically that ELEMENTARY EDUCATION SHALL BE IN THE MOTHER TONGUE. It is IMPORTANT to note that the school system is being reclassified in that Primary School shall be from Std I to Std V and NOT Std I to Std IV as at present and UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL from Std VI to Std VIII and SECONDARY SCHOOL in Std IX and Std X. The old Middle School stands abolished. The natural corollary to this is Primary Education in Konkani implies Konkani Education in Upper Primary as Elementary School covers these classes. To those in the pro Konkani MOI camp I ask do you want your children to study upto Std VIII in the Konkani medium, then go right ahead its your choice. And further let them proceed further to SSC and later Graduation, Medicine, Engineering etc in further studies, BUT if you are true to your language then make them do these studies in Konkani. Please do not misunderstand, I love Konkani and I am a Goenkar to the core but don't be emotional or use politics or groupism and gamble away our childrens future. Awaken, see the light of world trends, the global village and decide. -- Tony de Sa. tonydesa at gmail dot com ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v