panaji the director for education d p dwivedi has asked the additional district education inspectors adei to conduct meetings with parentteacher associations and finalize the matter of merger of low enrolment government primary schools with neighbourhood schools with better numbers latest by july 31 based on the areas where parents are agreeing to the amalgamation of the government primary schools with bigger schools within a 3km radius a proposal will be framed by the directorate of education doe and sent to the state government for its approval the state is trying to amalgamate 262 low enrolment schools with neighbourhood government schools which have better enrolment and in some cases it has been proposed to merge as many as three low enrolment schools with one bigger neigbhourhood school this will enable the state to invest in better facilities for the school where the low enrolment schools are merged such as playground sports equipment etc the merger will also improve the pupilteacher ratio in the school where the low enrolment schools are merged and will resolve the problem of singleteacher schools however parents have been opposing the move in some villages as they do not want the local school of their area to be shut down the state has decided to allot staterun kadamba transport corporation buses in the areas where the merger takes place to transport students to school so parents do not oppose the move of amalgamation owing to the increased travel distance for students