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Printing operations began in Goa in 1556 (with the first printing press being established at the Jesuit Saint Paul's College in Old Goa), resulting in the publication of Conclusiones Philosophicas. The year 1557 saw the posthumous printing of St. Francis Xavier's Catecismo da Doutrina Christa five years after the death of its author.
Title page of Garcia da Orta's Colóquios.Goa, 1563. The art of printing first entered India through St. Paul's College in Goa. In a letter to St. Ignatius of Loyola, dated 30 April 1556, Father Gasper Caleza speaks of a ship carrying a printing press, setting sail from Portugal to Abyssinia (current-day Ethiopia) via Goa, with the purpose of helping missionary work.
Most of the schools in Goa are affiliated with Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. However, one can also come across schools affiliated to the CBSE and ICSE board. English is the main medium of instruction at the schools in Goa. Konkani and Portuguese are also taught in several schools of the state. Navy Children School ...
St. Joseph Vaz Educational Society's St. Joseph Vaz College, Cortalim-Goa St. Joseph Vaz Educational Society is a sister concern of the Diocesan Society of Education, the largest Educational Society running over 100 educational institutions in the State of Goa and providing quality education to the students enrolled in its institutions.
The primary objectives of the Board are to offer secondary and higher secondary education and authorize a sufficient number of schools in the region to fulfill this purpose. Additionally, the Board focuses on enhancing the quality of secondary and higher secondary education to ensure it meets the necessary standards for economic and social ...
It was taken over by the Government of Goa and came under the administrative control of the Department of Education on 1 June 1983. 1972 - Flame-throated bulbul was selected as the official state bird of Goa. 1972–73 – Goa hosted the Santosh Trophy tournament for the first time. Goa again hosted the tournament in 1989–90, 1995–96, and ...
This is a list of schools in India grouped by state/UT. Where a state or city has its own list, it is linked without duplicating the names here. Where a state or city has its own list, it is linked without duplicating the names here.
Founded c. 1542 by Saint Francis Xavier, Saint Paul's College, Goa was a Jesuit school in Old Goa, which later became a college. St Paul's was once the main Jesuit institution in Asia. It housed the first printing press in India and published the first books in 1556. [125] [126] [127]