Winners : Mock parliament
St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa, emerged winners in the Inter-Collegiate Student’s
Parliamentary Competition, 2012. At the awards ceremony held
at the Conference Hall of Goa Legislature Secretariat, Porvorim, 14 degree and
professional colleges from Goa competed for the honours at the event which began
on 16th January, and ended on 20th January, 2012.
The speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, Mr. Pratapsingh Rane
inaugurated the competition.
St. Xavier’s College was awarded a Rolling Trophy and a takeaway trophy for
winning the first place. The Associate Professor in the
Department of Political Science, Mr. Cajetan Raposo, was awarded a meritorious
prize for being the Best Coordinator Teacher from the competing colleges.
The aim of the competition is to strengthen the roots of democracy, inculcate
healthy habits of discipline, tolerance of views of others, mould present
students to be model parliamentarians in future and allow the student community
to learn about the working of parliament.
The legislature Secretary, Shri N.B. Subhedar, presided over the prize
distribution ceremony and handed over the trophies, mementos to the
participating colleges.