South Goa is one of the two districts in the state of Goa, which is spread over an area of 1966 square kilometers. The district is bounded by the Arabian Sea in the west, Uttara Kannada District of the state of Karnataka in the east and south and North Goa District in the north. Majority of the people in the South Goa District have Konkani as their mother tongue and people with Kannada and Marathi as their mother tongue are also living in the district.

Majority of the people living in South Goa District can understand Hindi and English languages. There are a few educational institutions in the South Goa District and the names of government colleges offering education in this district are given below:

Arts, Science & Commerce College:

• Government College of Arts, Science & Commerce

Polytechnic College:

• Government Polytechnic College

To explore more details regarding these two colleges in the south Goa District working under the control of Government of Goa are given below:

Arts, Science & Commerce College:

Government College of Arts, Science & Commerce is located in the city of Quepem in the South Goa District and the college is offering arts, science and commerce education with affiliation from the Goa University. The college began its educational journey in the year 1989 and it offers the following courses:

• Bachelor of Arts

• Bachelor of Science

• Bachelor of Commerce

The arts and science courses are offered in most of the basic subjects like chemistry, physics, mathematics, English, history, etc… and the college is one of the best known college for education in the field of arts, science and commerce. The certification for successful completion of these courses from the Government College of Arts, Science & Commerce is offered by the Goa University, which is one of the popular universities in the nation.

Polytechnic College:

Government Polytechnic College is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education to offer Diploma courses in different subjects of engineering. The courses offered by this institution are of three-year duration and best quality education is offered through both practical and theoretical coaching through highly-qualified teaching professionals.

Even though, there are only two government-run colleges in the district of South Goa, the district is served by a number of private colleges and almost all the college are affiliated to the Goa University, which is popular for the quality of education and quality of syllabus offered.