[Goanet] Goa tops enrollment
Hi Domnic, I concede you have a right to your opinion. Mine isn't. Anyhow here's something to chew on. A few Indian States are called BIMARU States in educational parlance. And they are dubbed so because they seem to be sick. Very often Government comes out with schemes to attract children to schools but still parents are reluctant to send their children to school. One such scheme is the MDM scheme which has been recently introduced even in Goa. Because many people in the above States are economically backward the Government introduces this type of schemes to increase enrolment. Many years ago Government used to give Rs.2 to each child to report to school. But even then parents preferred to keep their wards at home to look after their siblings rather than send them to school. All this is because of their trying economic situation.I think you will agree with me if I say that first comes portuba and then comes vithoba or whoever. Perhaps a century ago the situation in Goa too could have been the same? May be you could get a better idea of things in Goa then if you read Teotonio de Souza's Medieval Goa. And one last question: Have heard of a man in history called Marquis de Pombal? If you have, please tell me about him.I'm interested in history. Regards and have a nice day! Richard
[Goanet] Goa tops enrollment..
Hi, I'm a bit confused with the seeming contradiction in the post sent by Dominic Fernandes. He writes " During the Portuguese regime only bhattkars' children could go to school. If tenants sent their children." And in the last para he says"Do you think Goans would have achieved the present day literacy rate if the Portuguese had continued to rule" Now my first point is, Who is to be blamed? The Portuguese or the Goan bhattkars? In what way is the Portuguese government to be blamed if the bhattkars forced the tenants and their children stopped the children from going to school? My next point is How many Goans at tht point of time were really interested in education? And lastly I understand from my reading that the Portuguese did make an attempt to spread education at least at the primary level (count the number of escolas primarias in the villages)but our own people at that time did not value education because they did not know its value then. Secondly as you rightly pointed out the bhattkars were the main culprits for keeping many of our people ignorant and illiterate so that they could oppress them and cheat them royally. So it was Goans v/s Goans and it will always be Goans v/s Goans. We are made that way and in that sense we are unique according to many I've come across. Let's not blame others unnecessarily.If at all we have to condemn somebody then it is these bhattkars who were the major obstacles in the educational progress of our people. Richard Cabral
[Goanet] Goa tops enrollment in rural schools
--- | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - Joao da Veiga Coutinho| | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James| | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid!6 | --- Goa tops enrollment in rural schools 18 Jan 2006 - UNI New Delhi, Jan 17: Goa has beaten the 100 per cent literate Kerala to record the lowest number of children out of school in villages. Only 0.3 per cent of all children in the tiny coastal state do not go to school compared to 1.6 per cent of Kerala's, says a new national survey. Karnataka comes third with 1.9 per cent followed by Uttaranchal (2 per cent), Tamil Nadu (2.7 per cent) and Maharashtra (2.8) in the Annual Status of Education Report for villages released by Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia this evening. Of the 18 states covered by the report, the result of an independent survey by non-governmental organisations, Gujarat was placed seventh with 3.6 per cent of all children in villages out of school. Madhya Pradesh comes eight with 4 per cent followed by Punjab (4.3 per cent), West Bengal (4.4 per cent), Chhattisgarh (4.7 per cent), Haryana (5.3 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh (7.3 per cent). Andhra Pradesh (7.4 per cent), Orissa (8.9 per cent) and Jharkhand (9.8 per cent) come close to the end of the table. The end of the table, however, is occupied by Bihar with 13.5 per cent of its children in villages out of school. Rajasthan is marginally better at 10.4 per cent, but comes penultimate in the table of 18 states. According to the report, 93.4 per cent children between 6 and 14 years are today enrolled in school. Government schools account for 75.1 per cent of enrollment in this age group and 16.4 per cent in private schools, but madrassas and other forms of education account for a low one per cent. The report says 12.5 million children are not attending schools, which it says is "an alarming figure". Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa account for 71.2 per cent of all out-of-school children in rural India. "It is absolutely vital that children in urban and rural areas have a reasonable opportunity to benefit from the economic growth of the country," said Mr Ahluwalia. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the flagship programme of the central government to increase elementary school enrollment in villages, is given "top priority" in the Planning Commission for allocation of funds, he added.
