School building of Shree Mahendra Rastriya Secondary School, Baluwater, Kathmandu, built with Government of India’s financial assistance of NRs 19.20 million under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation was formally handed over and inaugurated jointly by Prasanna Shrivastava, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Kathmandu and Santosh Budathoki, Chief, DCC Kathmandu. The triple storied school building and furniture for the school is provided by the Grant from the Government of India.
Prasanna Shrivastava, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Kathmandu highlighted that the project is an important part of the very robust development partnership between India and Nepal, which has made significant progress in the recent years, spanning various priority sectors of the Government of Nepal and its people.
Mahendra Rastriya Secondary School was established in 1956 as a primary school with the effort of a group of motivated teachers in open ground. The school was recognized by Nepal Government in 1973 as Primary School and upgraded as Lower Secondary in 1995 and was later upgraded to Secondary level in 2000, subsequently the school was upgraded to Higher Secondary School.
The school is having the strength of students over 600, about 50% of whom are girls. Since, its inception, the school has achieved remarkable success in terms of quality education for the local community.
Since 2003, India has taken up over 546 High Impact Community Development Projects in Nepal on various sectors and has completed 483 projects. Amongst these, 105 Projects are in Bagmati Province on various sectors which include 40 projects in Kathmandu.
In addition to these, Government of India has gifted 974 ambulances and 234 school buses to various hospital, health posts and educational institutions in Nepal on the occasion of Independence Day and Republic Day of India. Amongst these, 69 Ambulances and 52 School Buses have been provided in Kathmandu, till date.
As close neighbors, India and Nepal share wide-ranging and multi-sectoral cooperation. The implementation of HICDPs projects reflects the continued support of the Government of India in bolstering the efforts of the Government of Nepal in the upliftment of its people and augmenting infrastructure in the field priority sector, especially in the education sector in Nepal.