Kathmandu, May 31: Karun Bansal, First Secretary, Embassy of India, Kathmandu inaugurated the Computer Block for Shree Poorneshwar Secondary School, Kusma Municipality-10, Pipaltar, Parbat District.

      The project was undertaken with the grant assistance from Government of India at the cost of NRs.17.54 million under India-Nepal Development Cooperation in Education Sector as a Community Development Project. This is one of the 75 projects being inaugurated this year in Nepal as part of "India@75 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" which celebrates 75 years of India’s independence.

     Shree Poorneshwar Secondary School is an old established school in Parbat District.  The School has over 250 students, about 60% of whom are girls. The new infrastructure exclusively created for computer technology for this school in Nepal with the GoI assistance will provide a facility to the students for seeking better education.

    Since 2003, India has taken up over 527 High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) in Nepal and has completed 470 projects in   the areas of health, education, drinking water, connectivity, sanitation         and creation of other public utilities across all 7 provinces of Nepal at the grassroots level. Out of this, 57 HICDPs are in Gandaki Provicne, including  2 projects in Parbat District.

     India and Nepal enjoy multi-faceted and multi-sectoral development partnership that is reflective of the closeness of the people of both countries. The implementation of this school project reflects the continued support of the Government of India in complementing the efforts of the Government of Nepal to create infrastructure in priority sectors like education.