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More than 9,500 students appear the Second National Education Assessment
THIMPHU, November 8 2024, : More than 9,500 students including 40 children with disabilities from grades III and VI across Bhutan appeared in the second cycle of the National Education Assessment (NEA) that is conducted to evaluate students’ learning outcomes at key stages of education. Held from November 4 - 9, ...
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Gelephu opens its first model inclusive ECCD centre
Joint Press Release, Gelephu, September 28, 2023:, Bhutan opened its third model inclusive Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Centre in Gelephu today, expanding access to early interventions for children with disabilities. Built to cater to the needs of children with disabilities, the model ECCD center in...
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Red Dot Bhutan and partners construct eight inclusive WASH facilities
Joint Press Release, Punakha, May 26 2023:, Delivering on its commitment to address the menstrual management needs of girls and women with disabilities in schools and institutions, Red Dot Bhutan marked the Menstrual Hygiene Day this year with the inauguration of an inclusive toilet at Khuruthang Middle Secondary ...
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Destigmatising disability and menstruation
For someone who uses her feet as hands, Tshering Lham is not deterred by the challenges of managing her menstruation. A student of Draktsho vocational training center, a CSO for children and youth with disabilities in Thimphu for last four years, Tshering, 21, uses her feet to sketch, paint and do household chore...
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Protecting the rights of children with disabilities
To ensure children with disabilities have access to inclusive toilets, UNICEF in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Skills Development is constructing seven inclusive toilets in schools with Special Needs Programme. With the construction of seven of the eight model inclusive toilets completed with supp...
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Changing lives with inclusive toilets
Trongsa:, “I like the new toilet in the school,” says Sangay Tenzin. “Now we don’t have to wait in the queue to use the toilet anymore.” Sangay, 10, who enrolled at Thubten Choeling monastic school in Trongsa, central Bhutan four years ago is aware of the problems novices like him faced when the school did not hav...
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Evaluation Of The Inclusive And Special Education Programme In Bhutan
In education, children with disabilities are one of the most marginalized groups of learners. Equitable access to the general school system remains to be a significant challenge for learners with disabilities. They are less likely to access education opportunities, and those who are able to enter the school system...
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Strengthening early interventions for children with disabilities
Trashigang :, For the last four years, health assistant Tenzin Gyalmo has been screening children for disabilities when they come for their routine immunization and growth monitoring check-up. Using the Bhutan Child Development Screening Tool (BCDST), health workers like Tenzin screen children for likelihood of di...
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Ministry of Education and UNICEF inaugurate first model inclusive ECCD centre in Thimphu
Thimphu, November 11, 2022, : To ensure children with disabilities are able to access early learning interventions, the Ministry of Education and UNICEF inaugurated Bhutan’s first model inclusive Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Centre in Thimphu today. The model inclusive ECCD centre at Changangkha Mid...
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Red Dot Bhutan commits to support inclusive WASH facilities for children & women with disabilities
Thimphu, May 28 2022:, , The Royal Patron of Red Dot Bhutan, Her Royal Highness Ashi Eeuphelma Choden Wangchuck encouraged boys and men to create a period-friendly environment in all schools across Bhutan for all girls and women to have access to inclusive toilets. For the last six years, advocacy around Menstrua...