Marcuise inaugurates new school building at Williamnagar

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaFebruary 12, 2021

The Govt. Chief Whip and Williamnagar MLA, Marcuise N Marak, in the presence of the East Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner, Swapnil Tembe, the district officials and other dignitaries, inaugurated the new building of Greenyard Higher Secondary School, funded by the Asian Development Bank for supporting the human capital development, at Williamnagar on 12 February, 2021.

Inaugurating the school building, Marcuise informed that this school had contributed immensely to the district in terms of education. Talking at length about the need to develop educational infrastructure and opportunities in the district and referring to two youth from the area who cleared the recently conducted MPSC main examinations, he lauded the initiatives taken by the Deputy Commissioner, Swapnil Tembe, for motivating the youth of the region in terms of studies and pursuing competitive examinations and urged him to motivate more youth.

Appealing to the parents to set the target for the future thereby encouraging the youth of the region, he urged the teachers to mould and shape the students for a better future. While encouraging the students to crack the UPSC examination, he also informed the gathering about his initiatives to get a new building to Rongrenggre Govt. Higher Secondary School.

Congratulating the school for getting a new building under the ADB project in the first phase, East Garo Hills Deputy Commissioner, Swapnil Tembe, informed the gathering that the district is trying to keep the pace at par with other districts in terms of development of educational infrastructure and urged the schools to give proposal through the education department for availing infrastructural development to their respective schools.

The former Chairman of the GHADC, DT Sangma, while speaking on the occasion informed the gathering that the Govt. of Meghalaya is working hard to improve education scenario in the state and appreciated the SMC of Greenyard Higher Secondary School for their hard-work which bore fruit in the form a new school building.

The President of the school and the retired ADC of Williamnagar, PR Marak, while delivering the welcome address informed that the school being run by the Williamnagar Baptist Church, is one of the oldest in the district which have produced a number of engineers and doctors.

The Principal of the school, DN Sangma, proposed the vote of thanks on the day.