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President Patil visits Chile school funded by India
{image-prathibha patil_23042008.jpg news.oneindia.in}Santiago (Chile), April 23: President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday inaugurated a science laboratory at Escuela Republica De La India School, which is funded by India. On the occasion, she donated 30,000 dollars for the modernization of the school.
The
school
conducts
classes
from
grades
one
to
eight
with
emphasis
on
Indian
culture,
and
has
a
total
strength
of
790
students,
taught
by
29
teachers.
The
School
is
located
in
the
municipality
of
Quinta
Normal,
which
is
in
the
central
sector
of
Santiago.
It
receives
an
annual
grant
of
Rs.
50,000
from
New
Delhi.
In
July
26,
1960,
the
school
was
named
as
Republic
of
India
School
by
an
agreement
between
the
Principal
of
the
school,
in
the
presence
of
the
embassy
of
India
and
Ministry
of
Education.
It
celebrates
important
festivals
and
birth
anniversaries
of
India"s
Father
of
the
Nation
Mahatma
Gandhi
and
India"s
first
prime
minister
Pandit
Jawaharlal
Nehru.
The
school
also
organizes
functions
on
January
26
and
August
15.
Speaking
on
the
occasion,
the
President
said:
“I
am
happy
that
we
are
dedicating
it
to
the
memory
of
India's
first
Prime
Minster
Pandit
Jawaharlal
Nehru.
Nothing
was
closer
to
the
heart
of
Pandit
Nehru
than
children
whom
he
considered
the
biggest
asset
of
the
nation.
He
also
believed
that
there
was
no
greater
tool
than
science
to
shift
the
destiny
of
human
kind." Jolly
Shiblani,
an
Indian
origin
Chilean
woman,
said
that
it
is
good
that
Chilean
children
are
learning
our
culture
and
customs.
Indian
Ambassador
in
Chile
Susmita
G.
Thomas
said
that
it
is
a
tremendous
bridge
between
the
young
minds
of
two
countries.
During
her
three-day
visit
to
Chile,
President
Patil
held
talks
with
her
Chilean
counterpart
Veronica
Michelle
Bachelet
Jeria,
besides
having
meetings
with
the
leader
of
the
Senate
and
the
Chief
Justice
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
Chile.
She
will
leave
Chile
today.
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