TURA: Deputy Speaker Timothy D Shira on Tuesday inaugurated the new school building of Resubelpara Girls’ Higher Secondary School in Resubelapara.
The new school building was funded by Asian Development Bank under Supporting Human Capital Development in Meghalaya (SHCDM), a project which focuses on improvement of secondary education, infrastructure and skill development.
The Resubelpara Girls’ Secondary new school building is equipped with improved infrastructure comprising of digital classrooms, computer lab, science laboratory, library and activity rooms.
Speaking on the occasion, Shira said that earlier, the school lacked basic infrastructures but now, with the support from the government and dedication of the teachers’ community, the school has been able to progress fulfilling the criteria of the funding agency.
“Therefore, today it’s a blessed moment for the people of the region that the school has been upgraded with a new building,” Shira said.
Pressing upon the students to make the best of the facilities, he said that “with a well-equipped school building, students must now focus to improve themselves”.
He encouraged them to strive harder in order to excel more in life and urged upon the teachers to put efforts in improving the overall quality of education.
Principal of the school, PR Marak, while informing that the new school building will begin academic session this year beginning class VI to Class XI (Arts), also expressed his desire of starting Science stream in the school and, therefore, appealed the deputy speaker to look into the matter.
