PANAJI
The Aam Aadmi Party has slammed the government on Thursday as a UNESCO report laid bare its failure on education in the State. The report had stated that Goa was the second worst when it came to single-teacher schools and is just below Arunachal Pradesh in the race to the bottom, according to a press note.
In the press note, AAP states that the government’s tall statements of the State being No. 1 in the education sector has fallen crashing to the ground with this report. Along with this schools are also lacking in future-ready infrastructure with 84 per cent of schools not even having computer labs, the press note states.
According to the UNESCO report 239 schools are either single-teacher run or have no more than 2 teachers. This skews the student-teacher ratio and also puts burden on the teacher to teach multiple classes while children fail at learning outcomes. How are Goan children expected to excel in studies at this rate? How will Goan students compete globally at this rate? questions AAP in the press note.
Ten per cent of Goa’s teachers are underqualified at a pre-primary level with unqualified teachers being a feature in even secondary and higher secondary levels, states AAP in the press note.
During the lockdown cases of students having no access to the internet or mobile connectivity became a daily occurrence. This issue is prominently faced by students in rural areas like Sattari, Sanguem and Canacona, states the press note.
“At a time when our youth are facing a job crisis we are seeing that our children too are not getting proper education. It is time that Goans look to the Kejriwal Model of governance which has received global recognition as an alternative for our children’s future,” states AAP Goa Vice President Valmiki Naik.
