Association of school heads convenes coordination meet

GANGTOK, 22 Sept: A coordination meeting of the Central Executive Committee of Association of Heads of Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools was held on Saturday at Tashi Namgyal Senior Secondary School, Gangtok. The meeting was chaired by president of the association, BR Rai and was attended by 10 Heads of School from three districts of the state.
A press release informs that the meeting discussed the announcement of Annual General Meeting of the Association to be held on 27 October, 2013 (Sunday) at TNSS, Gangtok. The association will felicitate the State Awardee and National Awardee Headmasters during this Annual General Meeting.
During the Annual General Meeting, promotee Headmasters and Headmistresses of the Secondary Schools will be welcomed and inducted to the Association.  All the Headmasters, Headmistress and Principals who retired during the 2012-2013 session will also be felicitated on the day, the release mentions.
The association has requested all its members to attend the Annual General Meeting.

Rhenock school reports earthquake damage

RHENOCK, 26 Sept: The 18 September earthquake has left the Government Senior Secondary School, Rhenock, with some major and minors cracks in the school buildings. Though the school has re-opened, students and teachers of the school are still shaken by the experience. [all schools in the State have now been closed and will reopen after the Dasain holidays on 10 October 2011]
The Science lab has suffered some damage which will take time and funds to repair. There are some major cracks on the beams, walls and floor of the primary section while some minor cracks have developed on the wall of the assembly ground in the main school building, it is learnt.