SATURDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2026

Children are back to school, no books yet

The schools have started in Goa and children are back to school after two long years of online classes. In schools,  teachers have given a warm welcome to all the students and the students were happy to see their school, school teachers,  friends and classmates again. The sad thing is that the text books of Class 1 to 8 which are distributed to government-aided schools in Goa at the end of May by Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan every year have not yet reached the schools where the teachers and students are waiting to begin studies. I don't understand why the government is delaying sending the books to the schools. Seems like they are busy changing the history and geography of Goa by writing their own history in books? Hope the authorities take quick steps to see that the books reach the schools as soon as possible.


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Is it the end of the road for BSNL?

AIRES RODRIGUES, Ribandar
Published Jun 8, 2022, 7:43 PM IST
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Under the BJP rule at the Centre, the functioning of various vital organizations has collapsed. BSNL is one of them with its telephone services across Goa in a state of flux. A lot of phones have been dead for the last few years. Even the telephones at many government offices are not functioning. In times when communication technology has been advancing everywhere, the BSNL telephone services in Goa are in dire straits. The functioning of the BSNL offices and exchanges is in…

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