Three schools in North district begin new academic session in temporary locations

WANGCHUK BHUTIA
MANGAN, 16 Feb:   The three schools in North Sikkim which suffered with extensive damages in the 18 September 2011earthquake will have to begin the new academic session this year from temporary locations.  These schools are Bop Primary School which falls under Lachen-Mangan constituency and Shipgyer Primary School and Sakyong Pentong Primary School both of which are in Dzongu constituency.   The school building of Bop Primary school was totally damaged and in fact the school had collapsed in the earthquake. The school had been shifted to Chungthang and classes were being held at the Chungthang Secondary School till end of the academic session’2011.
However for the new academic session the HRD department has managed to arrange a temporary location for the school and the school students in Bop itself. For the next few months the school will be operating from the community house located at the village at Bop.
Similarly, Sakyong Pentong Primary school has been shifted to Linzya School in Upper Dzongu by the department temporarily; the school building here too had suffered extensive damages in the earthquake. Also suffering major damages was the Shipgyer Primary School in Dzongu which is now operating from the Panchayat House. Apart from these schools, the Gor Secondary School and Tareng Primary School in Lower Dzongu also suffered major damages.
The Deputy Director HRDD North, while speaking to NOW! informed that the reconstruction of the damaged school buildings would start soon after the approval and sanction by the state cabinet; he further informed that the necessary infrastructure had been provided to these schools to enable them to run from temporary locations.  The Deputy Director further informed that the Sakyong Pentong Primary School could be converted to a residential school based if the need arises.