Buddhangala MMV upgraded as secondary school

Nimal WIJESINGHE- Anuradhapura Additional District group corr

The Buddhangala MMV in the Padaviya area, Anuradhapura was upgraded as a well-equipped secondary school recently.

Education Minister Bandula Gunawardane accompanied by Child Development and Women's Affairs Minister Tissa Karalliyadda and former North Central Chief Minister Berty Premalal Dissanayake commissioned a new building complex housing the administrative unit, science laboratory, teachers' hostel, along with the protective fence, the main entrance gate and the new water supply mechanism worth Rs 40 million.

Minister Karalliyadda said after 54 years since the beginning of the Buddhangala MMV with 13 students, it was a historic event to have the school hoisted to the level of a secondary school. The area is adjoined to Mulathivu, Trincomalee and Vavuniya districts. During the 30 years of war, the development of the school retarded, the minister said.