Goa Board polls for a four-year term on December 4

PANAJI: The polls to elect members of the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education for the 2021-25 term will be held on December 4, the board has announced.
Class B members are to be elected to serve in the board for a term of four-years. They will contribute to important academic decision-making processes of the Goa Board.
“The Board will give representation to assistant teacher category, grade-I teacher category, vocational teacher, headmaster and principal of higher secondary school. In view of this, it is to request you to grant permission to your teachers to visit the polling station to cast their vote in batches, as per your convenience,” Goa Board chairman Bhagirath Shetye informed school managements in a circular.
The voting will take place on December 4 from 10am to 5pm. One school per taluka has been declared as polling centre. The counting of votes will take place on December 5 from 9.30am onwards at the Goa Board headquarters at Porvorim.
The process of filing for nomination will begin from November 22 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature will be November 25.