Dear Anette
FYI - this issue of admission was even before the LCHS turned into an
english medium. it started when it was konkani medium. so where does
this whole issue of MOI come up???
I think its foolish to talk about grants and the like which are beyond
our purview and also out of topic.
Ashley
On Monday 26 May 2014 05:42 PM, ANNETTE D'SOUZA wrote:
Rico, well put! kudos to you & all like minded thinkers...
Not just Saligao, but Goa has become such that everything is difficult
to obtain at the right price - I have observed that just by staying 3
weeks in Goa every year - so why not admissions? LCHS has served us
all - *well *- including students from neighbouring villages. The
nuns have done & are doing their best. Konkani medium was accepted by
LCHS & other schools since they then got the grant from the Govt. -
very simple. Funds are always required & welcomed by any
Institution. Maybe it is time to support, give, help?
I am glad that we are back to medium of instruction being English.
Even if not our language, unfortunately it is required around most of
the world. Having said that, I believe that Konkani as our "mother
tongue" should continue to be included as one of the important
subjects/languages in the school curriculum....no contest here! We all
- Goenkars - should know our mother tongue. Unfortunately I didnt get
an opportunity to study the language as it was not offered in the
syllabus during my school years. However I learnt to speak & read
because my granny used to help out. I can write a bit but would
probably spell mosts things wrongly as it was the roman script used in
the newsletter she received, and not the devnagiri script.
If "school admissions" are a matter for discussion at the panchayat
level, and whilst on the subject of Gram Sabha & Panchayat, then
perhaps registration of birth (Goan children born outside India) as a
point of discussion could be included at next session. Meanwhile,
perhaps someone in authority at Panchayat Level can answer as
to why our kids cannot be registered in Saligao...born abroad (having
a birth certificate & passport to prove it) but now staying in India
albeit not in Goa! I just hope the death certificate will be issued
if the child is to be buried at his "mother-place".
Annette
Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 14:35:11 +0530
Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Congratulations to Saligao's SSC students...
To: saligao-net@googlegroups.com <mailto:saligao-net@googlegroups.com>
Those who are demanding admission for children in the school also have
a duty to ensure that the school is given all facilities to expand and
grow to its full potential. It is easy to fling wild allegations.
Everyone wants priviledges and a share of the cake; how many have
taken the trouble to build up institutions of this kind?
I have been a neighbour, a student, an alumni and a parent-of-students
at the Lourdes Convent. From 1967 or so, I've seen the work and
dedication put in to build this institution, by the FMCK nuns (from Sr
Veronica, Sr Adelaide, Sr Lily and many, many others) and the teachers
and so many non-teaching staff. Sr Lily I've known from the time she
was a primary school teacher, till she became the principal, and she
has been always been very cooperative and supportive.
Those who understand the way education works in Goa today, would be
able to read between the lines of what is being said.
For a long time (around 1992-2012), Devanagari Konkani was forced down
the throats of parents and students. Nobody wanted to join the school
then! Now, Lourdes Convent has an English-medium primary school again,
we are bound to see all kinds of pressures for admission! Should
education and our institutions be politicised?
Can those who are lobbying for the benefits of having a good school in
our village also do something to build it further? In my view, LCHS
should have got permissions to start and run at least a
higher-secondary school, if not a college by now... consider all the
excellent work it has put in since the 1940s.
The funding situation is very tight for education in Goa today. If you
are a well-connected even-if-semi-literate politician or ex-MLA, you
can set up a higher secondary school or even a college! The rest are
left to the wolves. They are then beaten with the
we-are-not-getting-admission stick.
Is school admissions a matter for discussion at the panchayat level?
Lourdes Convent has recently set up a school for students with special
needs. It is a well sought-out institution. Have we bothered to ask
what is needed to create and build such institutions? The government
pays some of the costs involved; where does the other money come from?
The school has been very open in taking in students from diverse
backgrounds.
My daughter has just completed her SSC from Lourdes Convent, and both
my brother and me studied there till Std VI. Here's wishing the school
grows from strength to strength, and one day becomes Our Lady of
Lourdes College!
FN
On 26 May 2014 09:20, 'Ashley Delaney' via Saligao-Net
<saligao-net@googlegroups.com <mailto:saligao-net@googlegroups.com>>
wrote:
While congrats are in order, Yesterdays Gram sabha threw up a
totally different story and picture. some highlights on the topic
that came up under AOB.
* a villager "surya" wrote a letter bringing to the attention of
the gram sabha the apparent refusal of the Lourdes convent
authorities (principal) in giving admission to students from
Saligao.
* When his letter was read, the sarpanch also made a mention
that his children were also denied admission. all the panch
members revealed that all 9 had gone in a delegation to the
school, but were told in no uncertain terms that no villager
of salgao would be allowed admission.
* wen probed, members revealed that only if you approached with
a hefty "donation" could you get admission, as first
preference was given to students from calangute who were high
paying. in fact a claim was made that the PTA was actually
running the school and getting admissions done.
* with many members expressing thier anguish that this was
actually going on for almost 3 years now and only JUST being
made public, the Gram sabha resolved to write to the school
and the department of education about this denial of rights by
the school under the Right to Education.
considering that the matter took a good 15 minutes to discuss,
many more things were said - but the concise summary is as above.
Ashley
On Monday 26 May 2014 02:43 AM, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक
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Congratulations to all those who got through their SSC exam at
the Lourdes Convent, results declared on Sunday May 25, 2014.
Here's wishing all the best to all the students, and may they
do well in all the real-world exams in their upcoming lives
too. (All marks are good enough. It depends what use you make
of it in your life, and how you use the knowledge you've
garnered to make this a better world!)
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