POINGUINNIM: Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch, Canacona on Monday resolved that the government should not entertain any request to give grants to any English medium schools to be run at primary level. It was also decided that the education minister, who was a part of the agitation held in Panjim recently, should not continue as education minister and that he should morally resign from his post.
The meeting held in this regard was attended by Mr Shantaji Gaonkar, Dr Pushpa Aiyya, Mr Babu Komarpant, Mr Ulhas Pai Bhatikar, Mr Kamlakar Mhalshi, Mr Ramesh Komarpant, Mr Jitendra Amshekar, Mr Daya Pagi, Mr Raghuchandra Bhat, Mr F Y Prabhugaonkar, Mr Prashant Naik, Mr Madhukar Shenvi and a host of other representatives. The meeting was attended by over 200 residents of the taluka.
Mr Shantaji Gaonkar, in his speech, said that there may not be opposition to English schools at primary level but the government should not give grants to these schools at any cost.
Mr Kamlakar Mhalshi opined that students who have studied through mother-tongue at the primary level are well off today and they are never found wanting or lacking anything. Only in mother-tongue, a child masters spellings well, he said. Further he pointed that the medium of instruction should be a point to be decided by the educationists and not otherwise.
Mr Prashant Naik, in his speech, said that the meeting which was held in Panjim was a planned one. He said a child understands things better in his/her mother-tongue and not in any other language.
Most of the speakers who spoke said that Primary education in Konkani or Marathi builds a strong relationship towards the culture of the state. If the government gives grants to English medium schools then what would be the fate of Konkani and Marathi medium schools, they quipped.
They further held the view that they do not oppose English medium but when this issue crops up, it is likely that this creates rifts among people thereby disturbing peaceful atmosphere. Just for the sake of a few people, the medium of instruction should not be changed, they added.
What the Hell! see his last line statement, just for the sake of a few people, i read for the English Aggitation there were about 15,000 Parents, at their Meeting they Claim to have 200 People.... see tha Ratio you Blind S-o-B.....
ReplyDeleteNo one is asking for "change" in the medium of instruction, as the BBSM wants us to believe through a false propaganda. There ARE schools with English as the medium of instruction. What is being asked is that government grants should also be extended to such schools, for the benefit of the parents whose children attend these schools.
ReplyDeleteAnother argument - that "primary education in Konkani or Marathi builds a strong relationship towards the culture of the State". Please do not close down the schools having Konkani or Marathi as the medium of instruction, lest the strong relationship be lost. One can also have Konkani or Marathi as a compulsory subject, even if English is the medium of instruction, keeping the culture of the State in mind.