Rakesh Mohan Chaturvedi
Phnom Penh, Sep 15 (PTI) India today donated USD 246,000 to a primary school in Kampong Cham province in Cambodia, which was named India-Cambodia Friendship School a few years ago as a mark of growing cordial ties between the two nations.
Indian President Pratibha Patil, who is on a state visit to this South-East Asian country, handed over a cheque for the upgradation of infrastructure of the school at a function held here.
The school, which has 239 students including 110 girls, was opened in 1981 under the name Trey Say School at Khmar Sar Commune in Santhor district in Kampong Cham province. In 1991, India virtually adopted the school by giving USD 300 and a tonne of rice.
The school was later renamed India-Cambodia Friendship School.
The school, which has classes from Kindergarten to Class VI, provides education to needy students.
Principal of the school, Noy Limseng said the school had one building initially but now has two more buildings and 12 classrooms.
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[Indian] President gives grant to Cambodian school
By Dhiraj Nayyar
Indian Express
Thu Sep 16 2010
Phnom Penh:
President Pratibha Patil took time out from her official engagements to meet a group of students and teachers from the Cambodia-India Friendship School here on Wednesday. The students and teachers of the rural primary school travelled from Trea Sar village in Kampong Cham province to meet the President.
Patil announced a grant of $246,000 for the school. This is the only engagement India has with Cambodia in the field of primary education.
The school has an interesting history, and an accidental Indian association. First built in 1981 and named the Trea Sar School, it was renamed ten years later after a visit by the then Indian ambassador in Cambodia. The ambassador had given some rice and a mere $300 as goodwill assistance to the school. Cambodian PM Hun Sen who accompanied the ambassador on the visit, instructed that the school be renamed.
The school, which has 239 students including 110 girls, was opened in 1981 under the name Trey Say School at Khmar Sar Commune in Santhor district in Kampong Cham province. In 1991, India virtually adopted the school by giving USD 300 and a tonne of rice.
The school was later renamed India-Cambodia Friendship School.
The school, which has classes from Kindergarten to Class VI, provides education to needy students.
Principal of the school, Noy Limseng said the school had one building initially but now has two more buildings and 12 classrooms.
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[Indian] President gives grant to Cambodian school
By Dhiraj Nayyar
Indian Express
Thu Sep 16 2010
Phnom Penh:
President Pratibha Patil took time out from her official engagements to meet a group of students and teachers from the Cambodia-India Friendship School here on Wednesday. The students and teachers of the rural primary school travelled from Trea Sar village in Kampong Cham province to meet the President.
Patil announced a grant of $246,000 for the school. This is the only engagement India has with Cambodia in the field of primary education.
The school has an interesting history, and an accidental Indian association. First built in 1981 and named the Trea Sar School, it was renamed ten years later after a visit by the then Indian ambassador in Cambodia. The ambassador had given some rice and a mere $300 as goodwill assistance to the school. Cambodian PM Hun Sen who accompanied the ambassador on the visit, instructed that the school be renamed.
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