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PORVORIM
Claiming that the State government is determined to provide quality education to students, Director of Education Gajanan Bhat has cautioned that the tendency among aided schools to detain weaker students in Std 9 to achieve 100% SSC results will not be tolerated.
He was speaking at Porvorim at a programme organised by Directorate of Education to felicitate headmasters of government high schools for commendable performance at the SSC exams.
“The tendency among aided schools to detain weaker students in Std 9 to achieve 100% SSC results will not be tolerated. There should be least dropout of students. Aided schools will be taken to task if there is a higher dropout rate.”
Emphasising the need to provide quality education, Bhat said: “As a first step in this direction, the government has decided to bring all government, unaided and aided pre-primary schools under the control of directorate of education.”
“The government is also planning to introduce one optional subject at high-school level,” the education director said. “To enable government schools provide quality education to students, the government has decided to provide the necessary infrastructure.”
“Schools will be allowed to create more divisions and will get whatever support they require from the government. The Directorate of Education and Goa Education Development Corporation (GEDC) will work jointly to ensure quality education,” Bhat added.
He mentioned that the process to promote senior teachers to the post of headmasters is in progress and informed that the process of recruiting new teachers is also in the pipeline.
GEDC Chairman Kanta Patnekar said the schools should emphasise on the intellectual development of students.
“There are many issues such as depression and sexual harassment confronting students in schools. To address these issues, the government has already provided councillors in 53 schools. The government is also planning to stress on sanitation and oral hygiene in schools,” said Patnekar. Chairman of Goa Board Ramkrishna Samant and OSD to Chief Minister Sitaram Naik also spoke on the occasion.
Earlier, certificates of appreciation were handed over to heads of government schools for commendable
performances at the recent SSC exams.
