Shillong, August 26, 2016: Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister, Incharge Education, 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” here on Friday.
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.
The foundation stone for the school building was laid in the presence of Parliamentary Secretary incharge Education, Winnerson D Sangma and Guest of Honour at the function, MLA of Sutnga-Saipung and Chairman MTC, Hopeful Bamon, Commissioner and Secretary, Education, D P Wahlang, Director of School Education and Literacy, Ambrose Marak, Additional Deputy Commissioner & DC Incharge, West Garo Hills, Dikki D Shira, Albinstone Sangma and Mukul Das, former MLA’s, host of dignitaries, officials of Education department, heads of institutions, members of the school management committee, senior citizens, teachers and the students of the school.
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 timeframe.
Speaking at the function as the Guest of Honour, Parliamentary Secretary in charge Education, Shri W D Sangma stated that knowledge can break all barriers synchronizing with the motto of the school “Knowledge is power”. Therefore, he urged the teachers to empower and equipped the students with skills and knowledge for molding them to unique individual which would further take them to greater heights.
While expressing his gratitude to the visionary founders as well as to the present management committee of Mt Sinai Secondary school, he is optimistic that the said school would be an excellent and attractive human resource centre in the area in the days to come.
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.
MLA and Chairman MTC, Shri Hopeful Bamon, Commissioner and Secretary, Education, Shri D P Wahlang, were among others who also spoke on the occasion.
