ROSARY FERNS HACHEA MORNACHI SOBHA.

16ver Febrerache hea vorsa, KUWAIT KONKNNI KENDRA – hachea asrea khal Kuwaitant ek Condolence Meeting zali Rosary Ferns hachea mornachi dukh porgottpak. He sobha Kuwaitchea Village Inn hea hotelan zali. Sabar ani namnechea lokhani zaum te Goykar ou Munglurkar ou Karwarkar ou Bombaykar hanni he sobhek hazir zaun tanni sogleani Rosary sovem aplo mog ani moipas dakoilo. Hi sobha itli khoddgantt zali ki he porim hanga hea adim osli sobha kednanch zaunk na. Rosaryn apli kola vaprun khup ithiasik ghoddneo ghoddleat ani ek vhodd ithias tanne kela to mhontlear Konkani CD poilich tane kelea ani ho ithias thanne kela Kwaitak ravon. Ho ithias konacheanuch moddunk zaunchona. Tech porim pordesant ravon tanne poilich Audio Cassette kelea, he porim khuincheach dusrea Tiatrstan korunk na. KKK-en hangachea 5 Star hotelani Mando Festival ghoddun hadlolet tantun Rosarycho bhorpur vavr also. Rosary zaun assa ekloch Tiatrist Konknni mollar Konkani Oeretta palkar dakoupak.

Rosarychi vakanni korun tea dissa Bab Raymond D’Sa mukhel soiro tea dissacho ani President Goan Overseas Associationacho, Lawry Pinto President Youth Recreation Center – hacho, Tony Gonsalves President United Goans Center – hacho, Salvador Dias President Kuwait Goans Assciation – hacho, Fidelis Fernandes President Konkani Heritage and khaxea vhoddlo bhau Rosarycho, Gasper Almeida Moderator Goa World – hacho, Gasper Crasto Freelance Journalist Kuwaitcho, Bai Ida Munglurchea Konknni Kullvar - hachi ani Fr. Melwyn D’Cunha Kuwaitche Igorjecho he sogott uloilet Rosarychi vakanni korun. A. Veronican Rosyrychea gostachi ek Motet ghaili ani Aggie Diasan ti ghaitana Apli Clarinet vazoun Motetik sobitai haddli. Hi Motet Rosary Veronicaguer ruchin ghaitalo. Aggie Diasan apli Clarinet gheun Rosarycho ek Mando vazoilo ani lokancho bhorpur abru zoddlo. Rosarychem ek chodd fanki zalolem ghit “Mhatarponn” lokank aikonk vazoilem toxench "Dinaracho Valor” heim ghit.

Survatak KKKcho Mario Rebello hanem Rosyrychea othmeank Rozar kelem. A. Veronica Fernandes hanne he sobhechem “Compeering” kelem.

Rosary Ferns nhoich ek munis pun to ek Knknni Palkacho Himalaya porvot ani vorixt somdir. Anglottin to lhan ani bharik khoro pun zannvaen khup motto. Dis ani rath tachea monan fokot vanvtaleot songitacheo, ghitancheo ani Tiatrancheo zori. To sodhea tiatrachea vavran sarko piklolo zalolo ani hi pikh lokani khaunchea vellar to somplo mhon sangunk dukh bhogta. Devan taka itle veiguim aplea rajant voronk favo naslo, “second life” Devan taka diunk zai aslem, pun toxem zalena tem ani toxem zaina zavpak kitem karann tem fokot Devuch zanna ani he Devache khoxek aum moji mhan bhagoitam. Rosarychea mornan Konkani Palk ani songit kala ekdom ghorib zatoli, tanne hi kala khub unch kaddloli ani anikui unch kaddpacho pun mornan hi tachi choddti val katrun uddoili. Tachea hea mornan Konknni palkachi guirestkai nattak zalea ti kedna ani konnalagchean bhorun khaddunk zait hench ek vhodd umannem. To konnakuch devid na, tanne konnank kaim dinvchena voilean khup zann taka devid assat. Duddu korpak tanne Tiatristpon kelena voilean aplea bolsantle duddu khorchun tanne tiatristpon fuddem velem. Tiatristponnachi taka umed asli ani hech umedin tanne Tiatro kala fuloili. Mojem taka sodanch ekuch sangnne aslem ki “tum vhodd tiatrist za pun tiatristponnache ogun mas apnainakai” ani hench tanne moro passun kelem. To ek vhodd respedacho tiatrist zaun ghelo, tanne borem xist rakhlem ani borem jivit jielo moro passun. Aple familicho taka khup mog also ani familin to sogleanchea mogacho aslo.

Tachea mornan mojea jivitacho ek bhag koxllon poddlolea porim makam dista. Tachea mornan nhoich maka mozo ekloch ixtt also to na zalo pun moje chollvollicho ek okhondd khambo umttun poddlo. To zaun alo ekloch mojo ixtt nhoich mojea sukhan pun mojea dhukhan passun vantto gheupi ani akantachea velar makam pavpi. Tache porim anink dusro makam konn ixtt uronkna, hich moji ek vhodd khont. Devan tachea othmeank sorginchem raj dinvchem mhonn mojem magnem.

NOMAN TUKAM KONKANI PALKACHEA RAZA ANI ROSARY FERNS MOJEA IXTTA.



Tony Gonsalves


Mario Rebello


Ida D'Silva


Raymond D'Sa


Fidelis Fernandes


Aggie Dias


Gasper Crasto


Ek minute ogiponn


Fr. Melwyn DCunha


Ek dhekavo ekttoulolea lokancho


Aniek dhekavo lokancho


A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kwait.

PRIMARY EDUCATION SCENARIO IN GOA.

Primary Education Scenario in Goa

Dr. Pratap Naik, S.J.
Director
Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr
B.B.Borkar Road
Alto Porvorim, Goa – 403 521
Cell:09850658565
e-mail:pratapnaiksj@gmail.com

According to the statistics published in the book List of Recognised Educational Institutions in Goa 2009-2010 of Directorate of Education, Panaji there is not a single Government Konknni medium primary school in Pernem, Bicholim, Sattari and Ponda talukas! 67 Government Konknni primary schools are found in the following talukas. 4 in Bardes, 8 in Tiswadi, 1 in Sanguem, 5 in Quepem, 2 in Canacona, 41 in Salcete and 6 in Mormugao. Out of the 67 Konknni medium schools run by the Government the highest number 41 are in Salcete Taluka and the least, namely only 1 is found in Sanguem Taluka. The highest number of Government Marathi medium schools 143 are found in Ponda Taluka. The least number of Government Marathi medium schools 17 are in Mormugao Taluka. In Goa there are 27 Urdu medium, 15 Kannada medium, one Telugu medium and 4 Hindi medium primary schools are found. Of these 3 Urdu medium schools are run by the private management and the rest of the Urdu medium and other language medium schools are run by the Goa government.

130 Non-government (Private) English medium schools are spread out in 11 talukas of Goa as follows: Pernem 6, Bardes 30, Bicholim 5, sattari 3, Tiswadi 24, Ponda 9, Sanguem 1, Quepem 1, Canacona 2, salcete 35 and Mormugao 14.

The highest number of non-government Konknni medium schools are found in Salcete Taluka with 43 schools. Sattari Taluka has only 1 Non-government Konknni medium primary school.

As per the data published by the Directorate of Education, Panaji, in the academic year 1991-1992 there were 135 English medium schools run by the government agencies like various village Panchayats and Municipalities. In the same year there were 1011 Marathi and 113 Konknni medium schools were run by the government. Non–government managements were running 179 English, 1036 Marathi and 236 Konknni medium primary schools. At that point of time the present day “pseudo educationalists and mother tongue propagandists” did not find anything wrong in the educational system. Then why are they raising objection to extend grants to English medium schools. The answer is crystal clear. They want to continue their hegemony over the minority community and common people. They are afraid that their Marathicized Konknni in Devanagari script will be pushed to periphery and eventually will die a natural death at least in education and in literary fields.

From the data published by the Directorate of Education one could definitely conclude that parents do not prefer Konknni medium schools. They prefer either Marathi or English medium schools. Those parents who want to send their children to Konknni medium schools are deprived because in their locality there are no Konknni medium schools and they are forced to send their children to Marathi medium schools. Devanagari protagonists do not want to run Konknni medium schools! They run either Marathi or English medium primary schools! Year by year the number of Konknni medium and Marathi medium schools are reducing. Managements who run Konknni medium schools are not too serious about the Konknni medium. If they get grants they will switch over to English medium. In this education scenario, “Primary education in mother tongue” is a fallacy in Goa. Irrespective of the medium of instruction people have excelled in Goa in their lives. Excelling in future life does not depend merely on medium of instruction. Many other factors play their roles. Taking into consideration the quality of Konknni textbooks, competence of teachers, teaching and evaluation methods, it is highly advisable not to admit the children to most of the Konknni medium primary schools. Moreover, it is advisable that students opt for any other language except Konknni in Devanagari script as a third language from fifth standard onwards. It is better not to learn a language rather than learning it wrongly. In Goa, in the twenty-first century there is no future for children except quality of English medium education from the primary school itself. Hence parents and those who are concerned with the future of children and Goa should unite and defeat the forces of pseudo culturists and educationists who have double standard policies, one for themselves and one for the common people.