India Nepal ink pact to boost cooperation in education sector

India and Nepal have inked a pact to boost cooperation in the education sector as New Delhi pledged to provide Rs 25 million to improve infrastructure in one of the oldest institutions in the country's eastern Taplejung district.

An MoU was inked between the Embassy of India and the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction, Ilam district, Friday for providing assistance for the construction of two separate hostels for boys and girls.

New Delhi's financial grant of Rs 25 million for the construction of hostels of Shri Sinam Higher Secondary School comes under Nepal-India Economic Cooperation.

Established in 1950 as a primary school and later upgraded as higher secondary school in 2001, the school is one of the oldest educational institutions in Nepal.

The new infrastructures would cater to the educational need of over 1,200 students, about half of them girls, according to an Indian Embassy press release.