In the Union Education ministry's annual performance index to evaluate the quality of school education in the country, Goa has slumped from 800 points to 580 points in the most recent assessment for 2021-22. In the crucial 'learning outcome and quality' parameter the state scored a measly 62 points out of a possible 240, overall Goa scraped to a bare 556 points on a scale of 1000. Worryingly the survey found the state's students' performance wanting in mathematics and science. There's a disconcerting dichotomy here because under the 'teacher training and education' head, Goa maxxed at 74/100.Logically the best trained teachers should produce the brightest students, but there is obviously a lot lacking in the teaching methodology, knowledge is not being disseminated down the line. Considering that the assessed literacy rate in Goa at @89% puts it among the top 5 states/ UTs, the inexorable slide is shocking to say the least, or is it that the rate itself is fudged ? With the biased, partisan and 'nationalism' heavy New Education Policy set to kick in in 2023-24, things could get more bleak on the education front for Goa and India. Instead of Maths and Science students might have to learn more about Matrubhoomi, vedic maths, Savarkar and pseudoscience. Goa needs to pull up it's socks.
