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Utterly ridiculous to compare Taj Mahal with Kala Academy

It is absolutely foolish and irrational for the government to have had the nerve to compare Taj Mahal with Goa's Kala Academy (KA). The whole world knows that the former was built during a monarchy. The king built a memorial and burial place doubtlessly, a beautiful masterpiece for his beloved wife. KA is being repaired in a democracy. Not in memory of any politician’s kin, but for the people and with the taxpayers' money. Propriety and more so the government rules of business required, that as mandated, the job should certainly have been allotted in a very clear & transparent manner by a fair tendering process.The BJP has mastered the art of distorting facts and even history.

Instead of properly governing the country, the BJP has been wanting to control as to what we should eat, drink, wear, read and speak. Narendra Modi may have conveniently forgotten  that in 2014 he had publicly promised that all black money stacked overseas would be brought back and Rs 15 lakhs would be deposited in everyone’s account.  For the common man that promised ‘acche din’ has been a dream shattered.



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Single teacher schools and poor resource management

REKHA SARIN, Benaulim
Published Jul 18, 2022, 6:55 PM IST
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As per government data available in the public domain there are 216 schools in Goa which have a single teacher looking after classes, co-ordination and administrative duties too, besides there are 245 government primary schools with less than 15 students enrolled. In the state  @32% of government schools have an adverse pupil- teacher ratio. Single teacher schools still exist due to less than prudent deployment of human resources. In fact Goa was found to have 375…

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