Udupi: New Building of St Mary’s English School Inaugurated
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Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (VA)
Udupi, May 30: The inauguration and blessing of a new school building of St Mary’s English School was held at Kannarpady here on Saturday May 29.
The new building was inaugurated by Jerry Vincent Dias, president, Builder’s Association and was blessed by Bishop of Mangalore, Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza.
The Administrative Block was inaugurated by Fr Baptist Menezes, Dr G Shankar stadium by Dr G Shankar, president, G Shankar family Trust, Udupi, computer lab by Osacar Fernandes, Rajya Sabha member and former minister, prayer hall by Arvin Alva, vice president of the Mother of Sorrows Church, audio-visual room by Dinakar Shetty, president, Udupi Town Municipality, school bus by Ramanand Nayak, executive officer, Taluk Panchayath, Udupi, and various other blocks of the building were inaugurated by Gladys Almeida, president, Zilla Panchayath, Udupi , Fr Wilson Vitus D’Souza, secretary, catholic Board of education, and Manjunathaiah, Block Education Officer, Udupi. MLA, Raghupathi Bhat inaugurated the auditorium.
The school children rendered the prayer song and welcome dance. Delivering the introductory speech, Fr Mathew Vaz said that the new school building was built with a 25 years vision in hand.
Bhat lauded the school authorities for constructing a building of international standard and wished that the students achieve all the success in both academic and non-academic fields. Oscar Fernandes said that the school is a wonderful gift to Udupi. The government has announced compulsory education to all children. Each and everyone should strive to achieve this goal, he added.
G Shankar was felicitated during the programme. He acknowledged Fr Mathew Vaz for his wonderful vision ahead. Fr Wilson, secretary, Catholic Board of Education, Mangalore diocese thanked and wished all the sponsors, Fr Mathew Vaz and the entire team behind the project for their efforts.
Fr Baptist Menezes, Episcopal vicar, Udupi district said that the main vision of the school is to uplift the creativity in students, inculcate good values in them and to build a better society.
Jerry Vincent Dais said, “In 100 pages of one book if one page is wasted, then remaining 99 pages will be in hand so without worrying one should go forward with designing of those pages. Only hard work can create a good future”.
Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza presided over the function. All the donors, sponsors, architect, contractor and workers were felicitated during the programme. Headmistress Myrtle Lewis welcomed the gathering. Secretary, Parish Council of Mother of Sorrows Church, Udupi Rita D’Silva proposed the vote of thanks. Vinay and Deepa Bhandary compered the programme.