Fiji
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New Indian School in Fiji
THE long-standing need for an Indian school has been fulfilled with the opening of an establishment at Lodoni, Fiji, which, although purely Indian in character, is under the man agement of the Methodist Mission.
Mr. Shyam Singh has given the free use of five acres of his land and local cultivators have cleared a portion of it and built a shelter and a bure as a teacher’s house. The site of the new school is mostly jungle-covered at pre sent, but from various vantage points it is possible to catch glimpses of ihe sea and the islands of Loma-i-viti’ lit by the sun, and to imagine what the view will be like when the rest of the land is cleared.
Hindus, turbaned Sikhs and bearded Muslims, united in a common desire for education, have interested themselves in the project, and it was to ensure unity of purpose in this regard that the Methodist Mission was approached with the request that it should take control of the enterprise. This mission pioneered Indian education in Fiji and it is felt that this new venture will be a complete success.