Goa University
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| Motto | "Knowledge is Divine" |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1985 |
| Chancellor | Dr. Mridula Sinha |
| Vice-Chancellor | Dr. Varun Sahni |
| Registrar | Professor Y.V. Reddy |
| Location | Taleigão, Goa, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Nickname | GU |
| Affiliations | UGC, NAAC, AIU |
| Website | www |
Goa University was established under the Goa University Act of 1984 (Act No. 7 of 1984) and commenced operations on 1 June 1985. The university provides higher education in the Indian state of Goa.
After the annexation of Goa by India on 19 December 1961, the University of Mumbai established a Centre of Post-Graduate Instruction and Research (CPIR) in Panaji. The CPIR offered affiliation to the first colleges that were instituted in Goa in June 1962. Since 1985, the Goa University took over the role of the CPIR. The University offers graduate and post-graduate studies and research programmes. It is currently (2014-19) accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council in India with a rating of A Grade.
It is located on the Taleigão plateau and is one of India's few universities offering western languages such as Portuguese and French languages. The University's Department of Portuguese and Lusophone Studies is the only such in the entire Indian subcontinent.
Although the Portuguese colonial powers set up several seminaries and a number of parish schools after their arrival in Goa in the 16th century, these offered mainly religious and elementary education, respectively. Medical education started in the early 18th century, in the Royal Hospital in the old City of Goa, and the first regular medical course was offered in 1801 at the Royal and Military Hospital. In the 1950s attempts were made by the government to ensure compulsory enrolment in primary schools (Varde 83). Private schools also thrived, including in Marathi and English mediums. Some of these taught up to high school and prepared the students to appear for Secondary School Certificate Examination (Matric/SSCE) of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary Education, Pune.
Dr. P.S. Varde (History of Education in Goa from 1510 to 1975, Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa, Panaji, Goa, 1977) quotes the following figures for enrolment in primary schools in Goa, Daman and Diu, in the year 1961-62:
The enrolment in secondary schools:
Including the enrolment in the 4 Government Technical Schools (secondary level: 993), the grand total for all languages : 10, 181. “...the total number of children in primary schools would amount to 59, 607. This would mean that approximately 50% children out of the total population in the age group 7-13 were attending primary schools. The percentage enrolment in secondary schools for the age group 11-17 was approximately 14.6%.” (Varde 94-96). The duration of school education was of around 12 years, including pre-University education.
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