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, [...]
Category: Bhutan
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], [...]
How Good Is our Education System
With current political campaign in full swing promising many important pledges by both the parties gearing towards General Election in Bhutan, I liked one of the pledges: doing away examination till class VI and providing opportunities for all [those who pass class X] to study till class XII. There are debates of this pledge not [...]
The Great Fourth
[Here's what I wrote on 31st October 2015 and I'm reproducing it here - http://sangayw.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-great-fourth.html] What A man can do? How can A man achieve the impossible? How can A man be architect of a nation? How can A man put his own life for the nation’s sovereignty? And many more ! All the un-answered questions [...]
