Porvorim: Chief minister Pramod Sawant assured the House during the recently concluded session that he would discuss the matter with Goa University and align the state engineering college’s academic schedule with the national schedule so that students are not denied sufficient breaks.The issue was raised during zero hour by Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai, who said there are no breaks between semesters for engineering students in Goa, which puts students at a disadvantage. He said that students already do not want to join engineering, with seat vacancies increasing in the state.He said a common schedule should be implemented in line with engineering colleges nationwide.
