Correspondent
Mokokchung, June 20 (EMN): Students of the government high school of Chuchuyimpang in Mokokchung district have been studying under leaky roof for nearly seven to eight years but they now have a respite.
A dedication programme for the newly-renovated building of the school was held in its premises on Thursday.
From this year onward better days are in for the school too after the Chuchuyimpang Village Council invested INR 9,74,313 to replace the roofs of the school with better-graded roofing sheets. That way students and teachers of the institution can have peace of mind during their school activities especially during the monsoon season.
Aso Imsong, chairman of the school’s management committee said: “For the past seven to eight years the school’s authority and school’s management committee has knocked every doors of the department to look into the genuine need to repair the school roof but no avail.”
“After years of deliberating how to address schools’ crumbling infrastructure, the committee finally considered approaching the village council with a proposal to repair the roof, to which the Council wholeheartedly agreed to renovate the genuine needs of the school building,” Imsong said while acknowledging the philanthropic act of the village council.
Imsong informed that renovation work started from January 14 and till February 12, during the school break with voluntary workforce from the village management committee, teaching staff and the village council helping to complete the work in the stipulated time.
The village leader appreciated the efforts rendered by the teaching faculty too for installing ceiling fans, and electrification besides painting each room, both inside and outside, to provide a sound environment to the student during school holidays and after school hours.
A teacher of the school spoke about the harsh reality of having a leaky roof, which the students and teachers faced.
“When it rains, buckets were placed on the floors to catch the drips in the classrooms and tried every effort to resume the class. However, during heavy down pour classes were suspected till the rain stopped because there was no light and proper ventilators inside the classrooms,” he said.
“Now the teachers can teach the students with a renewed passion without bothering about the downpours.”
