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The Goa IT Professionals (GITP) have welcomed the commitments given by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in his budget towards Goan education reforms and to generate employment for Goans.
In a press statement issued by GITP, it said that their association is glad to have contributed in various ways to this endeavour, and assured full support to the Government of Goa
“The provisions made in the budget have sparked a new hope among thousands of Goan IT professionals and their families”, said the association and have further opined that GITP appreciates the importance laid on the IT industry as it employs professionals from several educational streams which stands to eliminate Goa’s long standing problem of unemployment and migration.
GITP has made certain recommendations on ways to achieve the commitment made by Chief Minister Parrikar in the Budget 2017 based on the current state of the industry which focused on the undertaking of IT projects in various government
departments.
As per GITP IT-literacy in rural Goa is suffering due to non-working of PCs in schools. These can easily be revived with cost effective solution proposed and demonstrated by GITP using devices such as Raspberry Pi.