KATHMANDU: Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India in Kathmandu Namgya Khampa has inaugurated two new school buildings in Sarlahi Thursday.
The two schools — Shree Bal Govind Janta Higher Secondary School at Pipariya, Kabilasi-2 and Shree Janta Secondary School at Netragunj, Lalbandi-1 — in Sarlahi district have been built with the grant assistance from Government of India (GoI) at the cost of Rs. 6.94 million and Rs. 15.94 million respectively.
Local representatives, District Coordination Committee officials, School Management Committee and villagers witnessed the inauguration ceremony.
Shree Bal Govind Janta Higher Secondary School and Shree Janta Secondary School were initially established in 1960 and 1962 respectively. The existing schools in the region had facility of primary education only. The Shree Janta Higher Secondary School at Netraganj is being utilized for teaching management and technical education as well. Also, as the area is densely populated, it is difficult for the existing infrastructure to cater to the educational needs of children in the area.
The new school buildings would create an improved environment for learning in the rural region and contribute to the development of education in the district. The construction of school building was a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDPs) under agreement between GoI and Government of Nepal (GoN) and DCC, Sarlahi.
Since 2003, India has taken up over 523 HICDPs in Nepal and has completed 461 projects. Amongst these, 58 projects are in Province 2, including 20 in Sarlahi District. In addition to these, GoI gifted 38 ambulances to various health posts and one school bus in Sarlahi District.
India and Nepal share unique ties of friendship and cooperation, and have multi-faceted and multi-sectoral development partnership. The creation of education infrastructure reflects the continued commitment of the Government of India in complementing the efforts of Government of Nepal in creating and augmenting infrastructure in priority sectors.
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