The Vaimauga College is the recipient of a new hall built at a cost of $747,600 courtesy of a grant from the Government of Japan.

The new building was handed over to the college in a ceremony on Monday with the Member of the Council of Deputies, Le Mamea Ropati Mualia and Masiofo Maiava Elisa Mualia together with the Acting Prime Minister, Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio and Ministry of Education Sports and Culture officials in attendance.

According to a press release issued on Monday by the Embassy of Japan, its grant assistance was formalised in March this year with a grant amount of USD$295,229 (approximately WST$747,600) provided under its grant assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP) to fund the construction of a single-storey school hall building with toilet and shower facilities.

As noted in many other schools the importance of having a school hall, the School Committee sought for Japan’s assistance with the aim of providing safe and proper educational facilities for use by students of Vaimauga College. It has been 60 years since the school operated without a school hall.

It is anticipated that the project will empower the school with the best of resources to achieve academic excellence and will greatly assist in accommodating the school activities.

 Support towards education has always been placed highly on Japan’s priority list as we believe that education plays an important role in developing a child’s capability and also a nation’s capacity.

 Japan’s GGP was introduced in 1991 to respond directly to the basic human needs at the grass-roots level with 210 projects successfully completed.