The Goa Masters Women Volleyball Association (GMWVA) celebrated World Volleyball Day with a gathering of women players at Colva beach on Tuesday Panaji: The Goa Masters Women Volleyball Association (GMWVA) celebrated World Volleyball Day with a gathering of women players at Colva beach on Tuesday. Although the friendly game could not be played due to…
Panaji: The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) will constitute a review committee to examine all National Education Policy (NEP)-aligned textbooks from Classes I to VIII for content refinements, typographical errors and continuity across grades.SCERT director Meghana Shetgaonkar said the decision was taken two months ago by the council’s steering committee after the…
Panaji: Between Jan 1 and July 6 this year, Goa recorded 1,357 road accidents, including 136 fatal accidents that claimed 142 lives. Alarmed by the rising number of road accidents, transport minister Mauvin Godinho took to social media on Tuesday to declare Thar SUVs under rent-a-cab as ‘high-risk’ vehicles.“We reviewed proposals to regulate high-risk rent-a-cab…
Calangute: A coconut tree collapsed late on Monday night at Porbawaddo in Calangute, bringing down electricity cables and branches of a mango tree on the main road to Arpora. No one was injured, but power supply to the area was disrupted.The incident comes less than 10 days after a huge bhendi tree was uprooted in…
Panaji: While the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education’s board of studies for each subject normally prepares textbooks for Classes IX to XII, the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) has led to a change in the process. For the first time, a joint committee comprising the Goa Board and the State…
Panaji: Goa registered a modest improvement in the Union education ministry’s annual Performance Grading Index (PGI), which assesses the quality of school education across states and Union territories. Released on Tuesday, the latest index placed Goa in the Prachesta-1 category, up from Prachesta-3 last year. South Goa scored 351 and North Goa 344 out of…
Panaji: The Enough is Enough citizens’ movement, led by Justice Ferdino Rebello, on Tuesday threatened to march to the Town and Country Planning (TCP) department on July 17 to seek a response to its representations to the govt.The movement submitted a 10-point charter of demands to the govt, including the proposed Goa Agricultural Land Protection…
Panaji: Only 25.2% of govt schools in Goa have functional computer facilities for teaching, far behind aided schools (94.6%) and private schools (92.3%), according to the Union education ministry’s Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2025-26 report released on Tuesday.The report highlights a sharp digital divide in the state’s school education system despite…
Mapusa: A nurse was seriously injured after she was stabbed multiple times on the premises of the sub-district hospital in Tuem on Tuesday evening while leaving work. The accused was overpowered by bystanders and handed over to Pernem police.Eyewitnesses said the assailant, a resident of Korgao, stabbed the woman, a resident of Vazri, four to…
Vasco: Occupants of a Maruti Ertiga had a miraculous escape after the vehicle crashed into a roadside electricity pole while travelling towards Mangor Hill early on Tuesday.Police suspect the driver may have lost control of the vehicle, causing it to ram into the pole.The accident damaged the electricity pole and overhead wires, resulting in losses…
