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The
European
Union
provided
a new
secondary
school
building
for 300
children
and 13
teachers
of Ameer
Ali
village,
in
Ampara.
This
project,
costing
over
Rs.7.2
million
made
possible
by the
European
Union
through
its
implementing
partner
the
International
Organization
for
Migration
(IOM),under
the
Community
Livelihoods
Support
Programme
(CLSP),
includes
a two
storey
school
building
with
classrooms,
store
rooms,
landscaping
and site
development,
including
drainage.
Prior
to the
new
school
building,
classrooms
and
facilities
were not
adequate
to
accommodate
more
students.
As a
result
of that
the
school
drop
outs
were
averaging
40 to 45
students
per
year.
The
school
will now
cater
for
children
from
Grade 1
through
to Grade
9, and
with
this
expansion,
the
number
of
students
who are
expected
to
benefit
from the
project
will
invariably
rise
significantly
in the
coming
years.
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