SHILLONG, Sep 23: Holy Child School located at Demthring was started in 1973 so that the revenue generated from the school would be used to manage the home for the aged who have been abandoned by their families. “Mercy Home”, as the home for the aged is called, continues to serve the needs of the elderly even today. Holy Child School started with Classes Nursery to Class VI. Subsequently, it became a High School in 1994 and by 2004 it had become a Higher Secondary School serving the needs of the students around the area.
Speaking as the chief guest on the occasion, Lok Sabha MP Vincent Pala congratulated the Sisters of Charity founded by Saints Bartolomea Capitanio and Vincenza Gerosa.
Pala told the gathering that despite a spate of attacks on Christian missionaries and their institutions, every well-placed person wants their children to be educated in a Convent School because of the values that are taught and nurtured by the institutions.
“In this age of technology we can get knowledge and education from any institution but we get value education and wisdom only from Christian institutions. Always More and Always Better — the school motto is appropriate. Students should be emboldened to embrace excellence,” Pala said, urging the students to be creative and generate ideas in the manner that Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell et al have done in their time.
Pala counseled the students to “work hard in order to become a valued human being on this earth.”
Principal of the School, Sr Delphine Fernandes lauded the founders of the school and the teachers, past and present, who have added value to the institution.
She also narrated how the institution has grown from strength to strength along its journey.
Also present at the function was Archbishop Victor Lyngdoh, UDP general secretary Jemino Mawthoh, MDC Latiplang Kharkongor and other invitees including former teachers and past pupils of the school.
The students put up a heart-warming performance and were happily cheered on by their seniors.
Holy Child Higher Secondary School now has an evening school for those who cannot afford to attend regular classes on account of their economic status.
Today, the Sisters of Charity have set up schools across the country, including another institution at Mawbri in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district.
As part of the programme, a golden anniversary cake was also jointly cut by Archbishop Victor Lyngdoh and MP Vincent Pala.
