Goa: Parents body wants panel to formulate plan

Theparents associationFORCE has demanded that the put in place a committee to decide on the plan for school reopening and future examinations, as the pandemic is showing no signs of relenting.

Convener Savio Lopessaid that the government has been caught napping. It waited till the eleventh hour to decide on the Class X public exams.

The government andeducation departmentshould have expected this situation and should have been prepared with an alternative. The same thing will be repeated next year also. The government/Education department has neither any plan norroadmapto go forward. A committee should be appointed as soon as possible to look into conducting of classes and exams, Lopes said.