(ANS – Lahore) – As a sign of fraternity and collaboration, staff and students of the school in Lahore, Christians and Muslims alike  have worked together to put up a new construction thus improving the facilities and courses on offer.

It is a steel structure at the Don Bosco Technical Centre – located on top of the Metal Fabrication Shop 1,400m² in area. Capable of accommodating 100 persons it will house various  metalwork machines used in the early stages of training

What makes it so special is that it was planned and built by staff and students who were supervised by an expert German Engineer. The small Salesian community looking after this centre were delighted because it was the best proof that both the staff training and the investment in equipment in the last few years is paying off with students becoming very well qualified technicians who can live a decent and honest life.

On 24 August inside the new building the morning assembly or the Salesian  “Good morning” was held for the first time.

At present the Salesians in Lahore have three activities.

• Don Bosco Technical Centre: Courses of Metal Shop (Welding, Turner, Machining and Metal Fabrication), Carpentry and Electricity (with specialization in Motor Winding or Refrigeration-Aircon).
• Don Bosco Middle School: The Basic Education "Feeding School" of the Technical Courses to ensure the enrolment of poor boys and dropouts. Here they complete the academic requirement to enrol later on in technical education. Both the Basic and the Technical Education are Government Recognized and the Technical Centre was selected last year as "The best in the whole of Punjab" by the Chairman of  the Technical and Vocational Training Authority in Pakistan (with more than 400 centres affiliated.)
• Don Bosco Hostel: About 180 of the total of 250 students are resident in our Hostel, what makes our Boarding Facility the largest for Christian boys in the whole country.

Published 14/09/2012