GUWAHATI:
Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein unveiled the statue of Saint John Melchior Bosco, popularly known as ‘Don Bosco’ and inaugurated the new building of Senior Secondary of Don Bosco School at Jollang Village in Papum Pare district on December 12.
Home Minister, Bamang Felix, Education Minister Taba Tedir, former chief minister Nabam Tuki, MLAs Techi Kaso and Tana Hali Tara and former minister and MP (Lok Sabha), Takam Sanjoy were also present on the occasion.
Mein also dedicated the beautifully designed auditorium to the teachers and students of the school. The infrastructures were inaugurated to mark the centenary celebration of the arrival of the Salesians of Don Bosco to the North East.
While extending his heartfelt congratulations to the Don Bosco family on the completion of 100 glorious years in the Northeast, he said, “We recognize the contribution of Don Bosco Society in imparting quality education with moral values and providing health care to the people of the state in remote and far-flung areas since pre-independence days.”
He also expressed his gratitude to the Salesians of Don Bosco for dedicating their entire life and rendering yeoman service to the people of the region with a missionary zeal in those difficult days.
Further acknowledging the contribution of the Salesian congregation, he further said that it is because of their selfless service amongst others like Ramakrishna Mission and Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya, that today talented professionals in diverse fields have been produced and a huge pool of manpower in the state has been created.
He further expressed his thankfulness to the institute for coming up with such a huge and beautiful infrastructure for imparting the highest standards of education to the children of the state.
He further said that the state government will look into whatever support it can provide to the Don Bosco Society in return for their service and for the protection of the school area from further erosion.
It was informed that a journey of 11 valiant Salesians of the Don Bosco family from Italy, France, Spain and San Marino, who came as missionaries on January 12, 1922, led to the establishment of several institutions in the remotest parts of the North East. Their arrival spread the light of education, especially among the poor and tribal people of the region.