Tura : Prof. R C Laloo laid the foundation stone for construction of new school building for Mt. Sinai Government Aided Secondary School, Tura under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded project – “Supporting Human Capital Development in Meghalaya” yesterday.
It may be mentioned that this ambitious project focuses on improvement of secondary education, infrastructure and skill development. Under the project, scores of government-aided secondary and higher secondary schools in the State are being upgraded with the kind of infrastructure to improve the overall learning environment for the students. Altogether, five schools have been selected under this project in West Garo Hills out of which Hawakhana and Wadanang Secondary Schools have already started implementing the project and two more schools are yet to implement the same.
Stating that education is one of the most essential factor in a person’s life, Prof. R C Laloo enlighten the students about the importance of education, duties and responsibilities of the students and urge them to study well so that they can become productive and distinctive citizens of the society.
Pointing to the presence of more girl students in almost every school in the state, he appealed the parents as well as the teachers of the school concerned to find out the reasons behind and work it out accordingly. Moreover, Prof. Laloo requested the teachers concerned to attend their everyday classes with preparation and update with the present technology so as to respond to the student’s queries easily and efficiently.
He further hoped that such developmental projects undertaken in the State will address the critical gaps in the education sector and therefore, called for collective responsibility with sense of ownership from all concerned especially the school management committee to take the project forward and complete it within the stipulated time frame.
It may be mentioned that the opening permission for Mt Sinai Government Aided Secondary School was given in the year 1999 and was later recognized by Meghalaya Board of School Education in the year 2011 and since then has been catering to the students from various parts of the area. An amount of Rupees 1.40 crore has been sanctioned for the school under this ADB funded project.
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