Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today hinted at continuing the grants English medium schools in the state are getting saying "it is not fair to take away something which is already given".
"This government runs on (Narendra) Modi's 'mantra' - 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas'. We want that everyone should be part of development so that we can have 'acche din' (better days) in future," he said.
"When we take this 'mantra' it is not fair to take away something which is already given. It may have been given by (the) former government but we can't take it away from them," Parsekar said while responding to a reporter's question on a section of intellectuals demanding withdrawal of grants to English medium schools.
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The Chief Minister said, "The government has been supporting the ideology that elementary education should be in mother tongue. We have implemented various schemes supporting the schools. Nearly 95 schools are currently teaching in mother tongue."
Bharatha Bhasha Suraksha Manch, backed by RSS, has given a deadline of June to the Goa government to stop giving grants to English medium schools. They are demanding that elementary education should only be imparted in mother tongue.
