Chief Minister Conrad Sangma inaugurated additional classrooms at the Manikanj Secondary School and Damas Higher Secondary School at a function held in Mendipathar today.
Under the project funded by the Asian Development Bank through the Supporting Human Development Project, five new classrooms have been added to Manikanj Secondary School whereas seven classrooms of Damas Secondary School have been retrofitted in addition to the construction of the six new classrooms.
The infrastructure upgrade for both the schools also includes a computer room and digital classrooms for advanced learning of students.
The Chief Minister also distributed cheques amounting to more than 23 lakhs to 32 farmer producer groups of North Garo Hills comprising more than 450 members under the Government’s Farmers’ Collectivisation for Upscaling of Production and Marketing Systems (FOCUS) in Mendipathar.