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Friday, June 26, 2015

Porayar School Building Project Inaugurated

Building Plans for Porayar ,Tamil Nadu India School Unveiled

Last month we were informed by the Indian Department of Education that we needed to undertake a repair and expansion project in order to launch our proposed secondary school classes. New national guidelines re school building requirements were handed down just as we were poised to start our secondary school classes. This was quite a set back to us in many ways. However, we quickly regrouped and started the necessary steps to conform with the new government guidelines.

In the last few weeks, we have planned and researched the needed improvements and have a plan to build a new 2 floor classroom building that will benefit 250 students. It will replace a very old building on the premises. During the seven month proposed construction period, the students will all be accommodated in the one other building on the grounds. The construction is estimated at Rs 4,400,000 or approximately $75,000.

The building will have 6 classrooms (see plans below) and will also house a library and science lab. The completion of this building will be a blessing for all the students who have been studying under very difficult conditions of disrepair in the old building for many years. It will allow us to expand enrollment. And, once the building is completed, we can realize our dream of opening secondary classes!

Our school donors have generously allowed the donations collected to date to be applied towards this project. We are actively soliciting donations to help us with this project.
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