INJUSTICE FOR STUDENTS AT FR. AGNELO, VERNA.

 

Every parent of the children long to provide their children qualitative schooling and bearing this in mind they enroll their children in good school. Fr. Agnelo Asram at Verna is one such good school in Goa. My son was studying from KG to X standard at Fr. Agnelo Multiprpose High School, Verna. However, to my regret and disappointment this scholastic year he was denied admission for XI standard on flimsy ground.

In the X standard he scored overall 70% marks and in Science in particular he scored 80%. Inspite of this high percentage he was denied admission for XI while a boy who got only 65% was given admission. This is injustice done by the Principal of the school and this type of injustice goes against the principle and doctrine of Fr. Agnelo.

I feel sorry for enrolling my son in this school originally because inspite of having school in my village I volunteered for Fr. Agnelo at Verna. And now I am repenting.

It should be borne in mind that students get better percentage at Fr. Agnelo, Verna mainly because the parents thru private tuitions coach their children well besides the parents of the students take maximum interest in their children. What teachers cannot do at Fr. Agnelo, Verna the parents do. This point must be grilled into the brain of the current Principal of the school.

It is a pity that Principal of this school prefers outside students to the regulars. Such injustices were not happening earlier when Mr.Rebello was running the affairs of the school.

IDENTITY WITHELD ON REQUEST. 

ON MOPA - FACTS AND FIGURES

The following article is forwarded to me by my ex Kuwait Goan friend Sebastian Rodrigues.  Since I find it very interesting, I publish it in goa-kranti.blogspot.com for the benefit of Kranti readers. AVF,

 

QUOTE:

Every person agrees that Goa needs state of art international airport. Some say navy should give land. Some further add navy should vacate goa. Let us see facts and figures.

Recently Goan weekly had published figures of land holding of Government of India in goa.

i. Land with airport authority at Dabolim – 36815 sqm

ii. Land with navy at Dabolim - 3,17,556 sqm

iii. Net total - 4,08,371 sqm

One runway for modern jets requires 3475m length and 45m width. 200m wide land strip is needed as freeway including runway shoulders on either side of runway (European aviation safety agency manual) Minimum Hz. Clearance between two run ways is 760 M Even Dubai airport has runway length 5.4km. Hence required area for one freeway will be 6,95,000 sqm. Besides this, area required for taxi way, terminal building, parking bays, maintenance area, cargo area and terminal area, vehicle parking and area required for other infrastructural facilities.

Now look at Mopa, total land area being acquired is 91, 71,000 sqm, out of this 58,66,000 sqm has already been acquired. Now million dollar question is whether Dabolim can accommodate domestic as well as international Airport with 2 runways? Total Land available at Dabolim is 4,08,371 sqm. Including land in possession with Navy at Dabolim., where as mopa can provide 58,66,000 sqm which is already available with the government.

Secondly mopa phase I will need Funding to tune of Rs.1230 crores(205 million $). Can we divert public fund for the airport instead of utilizing for pressing needs of health, education, roads, electricity and water. On the contrary, mopa airport will be privately funded green field project. Hence profitability of mopa airport with functional Dabolim domestic airport has to be accounted by the bidder, not by government.

Thirdly, international tourists are flying thousands of kilometers after well researched destination study, hence travelling from mopa to canacona will not tilt balance in favour of vengurla or malvan. It will be naïve to think that tourists flying thousands of kilometers will prefer to stay in and around pernem for holidays only due to proximity of airport.

Last but not the least, mopa airport will trigger development in hinter land of pernem, bardez, bicholim, sattari, tiswadi and ponda. Vast track of agricultural land will turn into vegetable, horticulture , dairy and service industry backyard for touristic demand to the tune of 60 lac tourist / yr. The total area of north goa is 1,73,600 hector having population to the tune of 8.18 lacs. Some fear that only north goa will be benefitted due to mopa. For the sake of argument, let us presume it is correct. Total area of north goa to the tune of 1,73,600 hector having population of 8.18 lac will be benefitted by sacrificing the area of 917 hector for airport . The affected land owners can be compensated with the market rate for land and partnership in the development. Friends, is it not worth?

Some fear that, part of Maharashtra will be benefitted due to Mopa air port. The konkan tourism will develop with mopa or without mopa as domestic airport at chipi is under construction. In fact, Mopa airport will provide better opportunities for Goan investors to invest in kokan hinter lands. Some investors have already taken such steps, hence mopa airport will increase the net worth of Goans.

This issue is not north versus south. Issue is grabbing only available opportunity to create lakhs of jobs in tourism, service sector for unemployed Goan youth.

The famous writer Dante in his epic poem, The Divine Comedy

“The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis”

Friends, finally choice rest with Goan youths

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FIGHT AGAINST MOPA AIRPORT.

http://www.oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Churchill-resolves-to-lead-anti-Mopa-drive/76030.html

 

Goa Su-Raj Party believes that the fight against MOPA must be leaderless. Leaders have made U-Turns after they got what they wanted and have taken the gullible supporters for jolly good rides. The need of the hour is that MOPA must be fought at all levels, tooth and nail, politically, apolitically and at citizens of Goa level, because, MOPA is going to be the back-door-merger of Goa into Maharashtra and Goa's Civilian Airport at Dabolim will be gobbled by the Navy, which, by the way, is the primary instigator for MOPA. Churchill Alemao is not saying anything new. Even a lay Goan knows that once MOPA comes up and is operational, the Navy will shut all Civilian flights at Dabolim. And who is going to question that? There will be thousand and one excuses given by the Navy to justify the closure of Civilian fights at Dabolim. Besides, the MOPA operators will be hand in in gloves with the Navy so that MOPA becomes the sole Civilian airport of Goa. When this happens, none of the present rulers will probably be around and therefore MOPA Airport will be the milling stone around the necks of Goans.

MOPA must be stopped at all costs. Therefore, every Goan fighting for this sole purpose is important and vital without a single-headed leader, for obvious reasons. Churchill Alemao's record on MOPA is highly unsatisfactory while the record of consistency of the UGDP is highly questionable. If not, GSRP would like the answers from the UGDP on their candidate having withdrawn from the bye-election race in the Cortalim Assembly Constituency in 2012 where Ms. Alina Saldanha was elected unopposed. By all means let Churchill Alemao lead the fight with his supporters. By all means, let the UGDP be the follower of the limp Congress led by Churchill Alemao, since Churchill Alemao is still in the Congress Camp. But let it not confuse the people of Goa with insinuations that Fr. Eremito is the agent of the BJP. The people of Goa are no fools to be sidelined. Let everyone contribute towards solidifying the fight in their own ways until the MOPA abomination is dropped to the satisfaction of all. But one thing is sure. Goa's ANTI MOPA fight must be GOA'S fight and not the fight of Churchill Alemao or Fr. Eremito Rebello or whoever. For, Goans cannot afford to lose this Anti MOPA fight. It is, again, vital to Goa's survival. They surely will, if they allow themselves to be DIVIDED by self-centered forced fighting in the name of Goa and Goans.

floriano lobo

General Secretary

GSRP

9890470896

www.goasu-raj.org