Rivona parents adamant over admitting 13 HIV+ students
12 July 2014 19:49 IST
Impasse over continuation of 13-odd "HIV positive" students in a South Goa school has deepened with more parents now resolving to withdraw their wards from the school in protest against management's decision to not cancel ... READ
Jaitley announces one IIT for Goa, in union budget
10 July 2014 15:06 IST
Goa will finally get one Indian Institute of Technology, from among the five new IITs the central government is planning to set up. READ
Govt primary schools will run as per Govt rules, not in Eng medium: CM
07 May 2014 19:01 IST
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the government-run primary schools would run as per the government rules and the Supreme Court has not curtailed this right. READ
SC impact: Goa forced to have English medium Govt primary schools?
06 May 2014 20:04 IST
All the primary schools in the country, including the government-run primary schools, will have to give right to the student or parent to choose the medium of instruction, including English. READ
Kannada can't be compulsory MoI in primary schools: SC to Karnataka Govt
06 May 2014 17:43 IST
The Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement on Tuesday, struck down a Karnataka government order imposing Kannada language as the medium of instruction in all primary schools of the state. READ
MoI policy will encourage Konkani-Marathi
04 February 2014 22:48 IST
Defending his government's policy of medium of instruction (MOI) in elementary education, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today claimed that it will encourage education in Konkani and Marathi languages. READ
'Majority' would benefit from grants to minority schools: FORCE
22 January 2014 23:41 IST
FORCE, the organization fighting for government grants to English medium private primary schools, has said the government decision to give grants to all minority institutions in English medium schools would actually benefit the students from ... READ
“Parrikar betrayed on MoI for minority votes at LS polls”
22 January 2014 23:11 IST
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has been accused of betraying the majority viewpoint of Goa that primary education should be imparted in mother tongue and not English. READ
BJP upholds 19%, overrules 81% on MoI
22 January 2014 21:15 IST
The Manohar Parrikar government upheld the opinion expressed by 19 per cent people, overruling the opinion by 81 per cent, while deciding to give grants to English medium primary schools, run by ALL the minority ... READ
ALL 'Minority' Eng medium schools to get grants: Parrikar
22 January 2014 20:26 IST
The BJP-led government today opened the doors for grants to English medium primary schools to ALL the minority institutions while continuing the grants to Church-run English medium primary schools. READ
