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The World Scoffed at us! To add to the JEER was the Dilapidated State of the building, in which we were
to start the school.

However, with the Blessings of the Mandal members and Well-wishes of Like-Minded residents of Panaji,
our journey started with 20 students.

Was it difficult to enroll just about 20 students? You bet it was!

Goa as such, is a Low Population State, (17-18 lakhs in the whole of Goa State as of today!!). The Sparse
populace of Panaji, which had a sort of Cosmopolitan mix:

 LOCALS of the City and its Peripherals.
 Various Cadres of Government Employees from all over Goa,
 The small and medium business class of the City,
 The Goan and Migrant Labour,
 The Migrant Blue and White Collar workers from all over India and
 A section of English/Portuguese Speaking Catholic populace.

Moreover, the City already had its share of established schools, some established after liberation of Goa
and some even having completed 100 years!!
Further, Marathi and Konkani medium Government schools, even in the Villages were on verge of closing
down because of Paucity of students.

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