School buildings opened in North

Lakshmi DE SILVA

Northern Province Governor G.A. Chandrasiri opened several school buildings and an education administration building in the north built at a cost of over Rs. 38 million under the Special Development Grant and Education Enhancement Development Project.

It is funded with World Bank aid government funds, Northern Province Governor's office sources said yesterday.

Zonal Education Office, Wadamarachchi that was functioning at the Puloli Methodist Mission earlier was built at a cost of Rs. 6.5 million. The land for the building was purchased by donations from education officers, principals, teachers, staff, office employees and parents they said.

In addition buildings at Madduvil Chandrapuram Vidyalaya, Chavakachcheri Hindu Vidyalaya, Sri Naratha Vidyalaya and Thevaraja Vidyalaya, Karaveddi, Kottuwaththai American Mission School, and a number of other school buildings were declared open recently, they said.