Chandel: Secondary school building inaugurated
Source: The Sangai Express

Chandel, August 06 2019: A secondary school building was inaugurated at the campus of Anallon Christian Institute, Lambung village, Chandel Tuesday.

The school building built under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) was inaugurated by Kenko Sone, Minister (Economic and Development), Embassy of Japan, New Delhi and blessed by PR Kashiprii, president, Manipur Conference of SDA.

The GGP (Grant Assistance for Grassroots Project) is a scheme established in 1989 to meet the diverse basic human needs in developing countries.

The Government of Japan has been supporting India in projects such as construction of school buildings, vocational centres, and check dams, as well as provision of medical equipment.

Chandel: Secondary school building inaugurated

The GGP, which amounts to a total of approximately 8.4 million Japanese Yen, supported the construction of the secondary school for approximately 250 scheduled tribe students in the area.

Anallon Christian Development Committee (ACDC), established in 1975, the recipient organization of this project has been providing quality education at affordable costs to the scheduled tribe students from 31 nearby villages.

While the primary school building was constructed in 2011 with the support of GGP and was inaugurated by Yasuhisa Kawamura, Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of Japan on November 8, 2013, there were a lot of remaining issues, including the requirement of a new school building for secondary students, said members of the ACDC.

The new secondary building will provide a much safer and healthier educational environment to the approximately 250 scheduled tribe students, said members of the Anallon Christian Development Committee, ACDC.

The Government of Japan hopes that this project will contribute to improving the quality of educational environment of the people in the project areas and will further develop the friendly and cooperative relationship between Japan and India, said Kenko Sone.

The ceremony was attended by L Wolring, chairman of Anallon Christian Development Committee, A Chinglenkhomba Additional Deputy Commissioner, Chandel district and Nabakumar Singh, Zonal Education Officer, Chandel district.

Anallon Christian Development Committee (ACDC) organised the inauguration ceremony.