| The Government of Japan, under its Grassroots Grant Assistance (GGA) Scheme, decided to extend an assistance of US$ 81,754 for the project for construction of Zi Pin Wei West Monastic Primary School in Hlegu Township, Yangon Region.
Mr. Kazuyuki Takeuchi, Minister / Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Japan in the Union of Myanmar, and U Nyan Sein, Chairman of Zi Pin Wei West Monastic Primary School Construction Committee, signed the grant contract on February 9, 2011.
This monastic school has attracted many students and the number of students has increased to around two hundred because it has charged low school fees in providing formal education to children. The school has not been able to accept all the students due to the shortage of classrooms, and the students are taught in the monastery buildings and in the bamboo schoolhouses, which are in need of repair every year.
The one-storey reinforced concrete school building, which comprises of 5 classrooms, toilets, a ground tank and school furniture will be funded under the GGA Scheme to enable the monastic school to provide a better learning environment. This assistance will benefit students in their pursuit of formal studies, thereby further strengthening existing friendly relations between Japan and Myanmar.
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