Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that henceforth teachers will be held accountable for students’ poor performance, which in turn affects the state’s national average score. CM Sawant was speaking during the state-level conference on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. “Why are students scoring below the national average? Who is to be blamed? People are blaming the government and the Chief Minister being the Education Minister,” said CM Sawant He further said that teachers will henceforth be held accountable for the student’s poor performance. “It seems like Goa is just generating graduates; it is just like…
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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “The mismanagement in the education system was exposed in the recent CAG report for the year 2019-20. However, since then, the policy paralysis in the Goa Government led by Dr. Pramod Sawant has worsened,” the Goa Forward Party has said. It said that in the last week, two irrational decisions have been taken. “The first decision that this government has taken is regarding the merging of schools. Without any application of mind, the students, teachers and parents are being put through hardships just because the government is bankrupt and wants to shut down many government schools across…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In a shocking development, the Panaji Police today on Thursday registered an FIR against an unknown person for committing the theft of two facade lights installed on the Atal Setu bridge. The approximate cost of the facade lights is Rs 6.25 lakhs. As per information, two façade lights of make “Neri” were stolen, having light fixtures No.09 & 10 between pier no.32 and 33, which are used to illuminate the Atal Setu bridge cables. The police complaint was filed by Sandip K, Prabhu Chodnekar, General Manager (Civil) GSIDC Ltd. “Two façade lights of make “Neri” which is…
PONDA: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said India dreams of becoming Vishwaguru, and towards this, various concepts are adopted by the Government of India. As part of this, under the new education policy, the Goa government will give more scope for research in educational institutions, Sawant said. He said the government had already decided in the Research Foundation Policy cabinet. “Under new education Government will give priority in providing more and strong support to colleges and professional colleges for encouraging research work in their institutions. This will help the progress of education and the development of society,” he said. Sawant…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Minister Rohan Khaunte today said that the Tourism sector in the state was recording losses due to unregistered activities. “People were evading registration process, and it was revenue loss for the state government, and also illegalities were on the rise,” said Khaunte. He further said the latest notification of the tourism department regarding ease of doing business is quite historical with simplification of the registration process and less documentation. “Earlier the applicant used to waste time for the registration process, and that is the reason why people were avoiding registration of their business activities,” he added. Khaunte…
Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Priol locals protested against the merger of five local primary schools with a school located 5 km distance away at Querim. Parents from nearby areas of Priol gathered at the premises of Galwada Primary School Priol. They were upset over the government’s decision to merge schools. They have warned of agitation and threatened to boycott government primary schools if they are forced to send their children to the Querim-based primary school. If a merger occurs, parents will have to send their children to Satode– Querim, which is almost 5 kilometres from the existing primary schools for which…
Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The religious rituals of the Akhand Damodar Bhajani Saptah concluded on Thursday afternoon with the conducting of “Samapti” rituals and immersion of the Coconut (Shreefal, also known as Kaul) anointed the previous year at the feet of Lord Damodar in the Arabian Sea. Thousands of devotees from across Goa arrived at the temple premises to participate in the Samapti on Thursday afternoon. As per traditional rituals, the commencement of the Saptah Festival begins with the placement of Shreefal by the members of the Joshi family, and the Samapti ritual begins with the immersion of the previous year’s…