In January 2009 many students attended winter coaching classes during the school holidays at Mayel Lyang Academy. They benefitted from special classes in english and mathmatics taught in the three new classrooms in the new school.
The new school is already making an enormous difference to the students and teachers who are enjoying the superior facilities. There are plans to extend it further by building another story, and a children's play area at the front of the school. The old school has been transformed into hostel rooms for visiting teachers and the old kindergarten classroom is now a modern kitchen.
Two scholars working in Lepcha studies - Jenny Bentley from Switzerland, and Kerry Little from Australia - visited the school and spent time with the students assisting their english conversation practice, supplementing the work of teachers from Darjeeling in West Bengal and nearby Lingthem village in Upper Dzongu.
