Bhutan first banned in use of plastic bags in 1999 [Please take a note that, I ‘m saying “plastic bags”]. This was reinforced in 2005, and again in 2009 and we are here to witness another notification, indicating the failure of all three noble efforts. BBS on 14 January 2013 wrote an article titled “Plastic [...]
Author: SangayWk
A Researcher; Teacher; Student - A lifelong learner!
Agriculture Minister proposes a meat tax to discourage local slaughterhouses [The Bhutanese, 9th March 2019]
This is one "hell" of a confused article and I know many will not agree with this article of mine [https://thebhutanese.bt/agriculture-minister-proposes-a-meat-tax-to-discourage-local-slaughterhouses/?fbclid=IwAR1SpYIm73kG9jlXai8nchc1Ashe-OWS_1rBIaD2g1q9UItTuouYtakR5VM]. The article "cites" local slaughterhouses or rather a meat production will be levied the tax and the same source says imported meat is not hygienic. Well! when imported meat is un-hygienic; when we can't [...]
“Education Ministry to introduce TVET as fourth stream in Class XI from 2020” – Am I the only one not comfortable with this?
Let’s start with a brief history of TVET in Bhutan. The Royal Government of Bhutan, after having realized the importance of TVET, began the dialogue on it with the commencement of the first Five Year Plan in 1961. Thus, in 1964, Bhutan’s first TVET was established to train Bhutanese youths in skill-based education in Rinchending, [...]
The “QUALITY” of education comes yet again
The National Council of Bhutan deliberated at length on the Bhutanese education during its 17th Session in 2016. The deliberation lead to the formation of a Special Committee for Education to carry out a review study to better understand the situation of education in Bhutan. The Special Committee, comprising of six members [Honourable NC members], [...]
