Long-term Konkani proficiency course offered once more at GU

Panaji:
The Goa University will once more offer a Konkani proficiency certificate course to impart basic knowledge in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The programme for the academic year 2025-26 will have 25 seats on offer.
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Any person is eligible for admission to the programme if he/she has passed Class XII or an equivalent examination from a recognised board, securing a minimum of 45% marks on aggregate, or an equivalent grade.
Registration for the programme will be open up to June 15 and the course will begin from June 23.
The programme will impart basic and functional knowledge of spoken and written Konkani, 'inculcate love and affection towards Konkani language among Konkani/non-Konkani speakers', to impart knowledge of Konkani culture and history through Konkani language, and to impart scientific education of the language.
Students will be charged Rs 9,255 and the course will consist of four contact hours per week for Wednesday and Friday, of two hours each, in offline mode, from 5pm to 7pm. The duration of the course will be 25 hours per module, adding up to a total of 100 hours.
The GU has said that 75% attendance is compulsory as per the Goa University Ordinance. Students have to apply for admissions online through the e-Samarth portal.
Even as Goa witnesses a change in demography, with many from outside the state making Goa their home, Goa University introduced the year-long proficiency certificate programme in Konkani for the first time last year.
The programme is the first of its kind and comes in response to increasing demand for a structured course in the language.
Although organisations like the Konkani Bhasha Mandal and others have shorter courses in Konkani, the varsity's course is the first year-long one. It will be conducted fully offline and have two semesters, with two sessions every week.
The course has been designed keeping in mind even people who are completely unfamiliar with the language.

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