Kathmandu, July 27 -- The foundation stone for a new building of Shree Gokuleshwor Secondary School was jointly laid on Monday in Nepal's Shailyashikhar Municipality-9 of Darchula district, marking a significant step towards strengthening educational infrastructure in the remote parts of the Himalayan nation.

The foundation stone-laying ceremony was led by Basist Nandan, First Secretary at the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, and Bijay Singh Dhami, Mayor of Shailyashikhar Municipality.

The new school building is being constructed with financial assistance of approximately NPR 75 million from the Government of India under the High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) framework. The project will be implemented directly through the S...