The best way to learn is by Acting Kindly @ School

Acting Kindly

I recently read a Facebook status where someone rightly said, “We have literacy in the world but not education”. It really makes you think. The world is progressing every day but what happens when we don’t seem to be educated enough to understand how it works? Education isn’t just about learning from books. It is […]

Kalpana Chawla National Scholarship for Goan girl?

Kalpana Chawla National Scholarship

Ask most kids what their ambition in life is and a lot of them will answer ‘to be an astronaut’. It’s a fact that Indians have gone far in the world and even more so when it comes to the mysteries of space. In fact, it could soon be the reality for one young Goan […]

We could do with these Consent Classes in India in a big way

The word consent in its noun form is defined as “Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something”. It has its origins in Middle English: from Old French ‘consente’ (noun), ‘consentir’ (verb), from Latin ‘consentire’, from con- ‘together’ + ‘sentire’ ‘feel’. (Source – The Oxford Dictionary) Like any other developing nation in the world, […]

Goa has been ranked the safest place for women in India, according to the GVI

goa safest place for women in India

The safest state for women in India is Goa according to the first-ever Gender Vulnerability Index (GVI). Goa has been followed by Kerela, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur. While Bihar, Jharkhand, UP and Delhi are considered to be states where women are the most vulnerable. The GVI is measured on four parameters education, health, poverty and […]

Why are Goans moving abroad for higher education?

Through the years we have seen Goa developing and becoming a state that has the best of everything. But why are people especially Goans choosing the option of moving abroad for higher education? Is it lack of better options or wanting a fast life? Lets see! “For me it’s  because even though Goa has one […]

Smart City, but is Goa’s education lagging behind?

None of Goa’s Educational Institutions found place in the first two hundred overall  best educational institutions list in the countrywide ranking announced by the human resource development ministry, Govt of India today. However, Goa University was ranked 64th in the University category with an overall score of 37.16. The other institutions which found mention in the […]

Exam pressure dooms Goan children

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The news of two teenagers ending their lives due to exam pressure is a saddening incident in Goa. In a state where personal happiness triumphs everything else, the suicides are a gory reminder of the changing times. Goan children seem to be losing their ‘Sussegad’ attitude. Not only are Goan children of today under immense […]