panaji academics will soon be able to pursue a doctorate in education in goa itself at goa university in the first such programme to be offered in the state earlier this year in april gu established five schools at the varsity of which the school of behavioural studies psychology social work and education was one the phd will be offered under this schoolthe doctorate programme could begin as early as june 2020 gu officials said those who hold a masters in education or med or a bachelors in education or bed or an ma in education can seek to pursue the doctoral degreephd in education is meant for educators and education administrators it draws on other disciplines such as psychology and philosophy these programmes are designed to build research capacity and provide a strong knowledge and skill base in areas of educational policy planning administration and financethe research studies completed under the phd programmes are expected to provide critical inputs for policy formulation implementation of reform programmes and capacity building activitiesadditional under the school of behavioural studies psychology social work and education at gu the varsity is also going to offer ma programme in the future for students who have graduated with ba in social work and ba in psychology ba in social work programme is on offer at don bosco college in panaji for some time now at present two colleges st xaviers in mapusa and carmel in nuvem have ma in psychology programme on offer