Summary:
Since 2013-14, Ponda has seen 27 of its schools shut down, followed by 21 in Salcete and 14 in Tiswadi. Canacona and Quepem were also among the few regions where no new government primary schools had to close during 2017-18. Government primary schools are finding a preference mainly in remote areas, where privately-managed schools on offer are few in many cases.Salcete, Tiswadi and Ponda talukas are seeing their schools shut down at a rapid pace. PANAJI: The epidemic afflicting government primary schools in Goa continues as 24 more have shut down during 2017-18, as per the directorate of education’s (DoE) report for the academic session that ended on April 30. Of the 24 government primary schools that had to shut down, 22 are Marathi-medium institutes, while one each of Konkani and Hindi medium schools have shut.The academic year 2017-18 had opened with 781 government primary schools, the number was down to 757 at the end of 11 months, for want of students..