His statement comes in the wake of BBSM’s demand to the government to immediately stop grant-in-aid to English medium primary schools run by the minority community, and FORCE insisting to legislate last year’s Cabinet decision on giving grants to such schools.
“The government will go ahead with its decision,” he said on the sidelines of an event at Kala Academy on Saturday.
He also urged the two groups to work together to raise the standard of education in the State while hinting that the differences could lead to communal disharmony. “Goa has a history of communal harmony. I would not appreciate any division in the State. Don’t divide the society on education grounds,” he said.
FORCE has threatened to resort to an indefinite chain hunger strike if the government fails to translate its decision into a legislation during the monsoon session of the Goa Legislative Assembly slated to begin from Monday.
