Resh­ma Ra­goonath

Stu­dents at the Na­pari­ma Boys Col­lege are set to re­ceive a $2 mil­lion gift of an up­grad­ed recre­ation fa­cil­i­ty from the school's past stu­dents' as­so­ci­a­tion.This was re­vealed by the pub­lic re­la­tions of­fi­cer of the Na­pari­ma Col­lege Past Stu­dents' As­so­ci­a­tion, Saad An­tho­ny Baksh, on Sun­day at the school's an­nu­al break­fast on the char­i­ty event.

Baksh, in an in­ter­view, said for the past two years the as­so­ci­a­tion had pledged to up­grade the school's ground on Lewis Street, San Fer­nan­do, so "the stu­dents will have some­where to call their own home ground."Pres­i­dent of the as­so­ci­a­tion, Fa­reez Khan, in his wel­come re­marks at the event, said con­struc­tion was un­der­way and stu­dents could look for­ward to a swim­ming pool added to the new fa­cil­i­ty. Baksh said sev­er­al char­i­ty events were planned to as­sist in fund­ing the project.

Sun­day's event was held in the school's new­ly-built au­di­to­ri­um which prin­ci­pal Dr Michael Dowlath said would be air-con­di­tioned soon. (RR)