PANJIM: The State government is set to overhaul its over four-decade-old Goa Board Act 1975 to bring it in sync with the current education system. Apart from introducing new clauses to control, manage and direct school education in Goa, the government will incorporate recent amendments that have been introduced to the Act for the holistic growth of education.
Speaking to Herald, GBSHSE chairman Ramakrishna Samant said the government decided to amend the Act as many of its clauses are now outdated. “We need to draft an Act as per the requirement of the existing education system. Holistic growth of the education system is the focus,” he explained.
He said that lots of changes have come into the education system and there is need to have a proper Act in place in sync with those changes. “It is very complicated issue and needs to be worked on very thoroughly,” Samant stated.
The Board has constituted a six-member committee to suggest amendments to the Act. It is headed by former law secretary Pramod Kamat. The other members of the committee include former education director Dr Celsa Pinto, former GBSHSE chairperson J R Rebello, Sanjay School chairperson Guruprasad Pawaskar, educationist Dr Nandkumar Kamat and OSD (legal) education department Dayanand Chawdikar.
The first meeting of the six-member committee is expected to take place within a fortnight, wherein the scope of work would be listed. The committee will be granted six months time to submit recommendations.
