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A glimpse of the inauguration of St. Mary’s School in Singrijan, Dimapur on March 6.[/caption]
Dimapur, March 6 (EMN): Singrijan village and other surrounding villages have a catholic school now. The St. Mary’s School has been inaugurated by Tezu Pradhan, head GB of Singrijan on March 6. It was dedicated by Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima on Monday.
The organisers issued a press release on Monday informing about the inauguration.
In his address, Bishop James Thoppil said that education was more than simply imparting knowledge: ‘It is forming the whole person, the head and the heart.’ Education is also like sowing the seed, which if nurtured and cultivated will give ‘great harvest,’ he said. “The students should be imparted not only information but values that will make them upright citizens.”The bishop said that Singrijan had one of the oldest Catholic communities in Nagaland and for which ‘they deserve a good school.’ He iterated the Catholic Church’s commitment to take education to the doorsteps of the people at an affordable cost. He also requested the GBs and leaders of the village to respond positively to the church’s initiative for progress and development of the community.
In his address, Tezu Pradhan thanked the Catholic Church for opening the school for said area. “It is a long dream of the village to have the Catholic school. He said that it is God’s blessing. He on behalf of the village leaders assured to give full support to fathers, teaching staff of St. Mary School, Singrijan in their educational endeavour for the growth and development of the area,” the press release stated.
