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20 November 2024

Central Monastic Body and UNICEF launch Integrated Child-Friendly Intervention in Monastic Schools

PUNAKHA, 20 November 2024 – Bringing together the foundational needs of children in health, water, sanitation and hygiene, nutrition, education, protection and play into a comprehensive child-centred package of services, the Central Monastic Body and UNICEF today launched the Integrated Child-Friendly Intervention...

European Union and UNICEF partner to support Digitalisation in Education, in Bhutan

THIMPHU April 30, 2024: The European Union and UNICEF announced a new partnership today to support digitalisation in education and skills, in Bhutan. This partnership was announced at the closing of a two-day stakeholder consultation workshop, to develop a comprehensive education technology framework that will ide...

Budget Brief of the Education Sector

This Budget Brief assesses the extent to which the National Budget addresses the education financing needs for children in Bhutan. It provides an analysis of the size and composition of the education budget, a summary of and recommendations on critical financing issues related to efficiency, effectiveness, equity ...

28 September 2023

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 G...

Empowering adolescents to become changemakers

Thimphu, July 2022: For Phub Lham, a young teacher at Sonamthang Central School in the remote community of Phangbang, Zhemgang, in central Bhutan, UPSHIFT is a platform that would help her students open up and speak out. Learning in rural and remote Bhutan, said Phub Lham, tend to focus on textbook contents and ha...

Empowering young people

Change. Progress. Future. These are some words we associate with young people. They are our tomorrows. They are our hopes. But young people are all of these and more. They are our today . Being young is about facing challenges, learning and creating a space for growth and development. It is about seeing problems a...

Deaf students construct first sign language for Bhutan

Drukgyel, Paro: There are about 19 1 different languages or dialects in Bhutan. And in a small room in a busy school, a group of deaf students are creating another – the country’s first sign language. It is ground-breaking work. The researchers, all deaf, are looking into home-grown sign language already in use in...

09 December 2021

Online learning was exciting but more challenging

When COVID-19 hit Bhutan, I thought the situation wouldn’t be as bad as in other parts of the world. I was wrong. The virus spread fast and disrupted education across the whole country. Schools and all other learning institutions were closed. Perhaps for the first time in the country’s history, students like me st...

09 December 2021

Educating Citizens of the Future

“…The future is neither unseen nor unknown. It is what we make of it. What work we do with our two hands today will shape the future of our nation. Our children’s tomorrow has to be created by us today.” His Majesty The King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck November, 2008 Children and youth of Bhutan must not only ...

We must all keep on protecting Bhutan’s success against COVID-19

From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to the successful double-dose vaccination of almost all its eligible population, Bhutan’s response to the pandemic remains exemplary. Despite being surrounded by countries that are seeing an increasing number of new cases, Bhutan’s high vaccination coverage and continued emp...

Education in Emergency (EiE) During COVID-19 Report

To provide continuity in learning, students engagement and support, the Ministry of Eudcation initiated teaching online using social media, Self-Instructional Materials (SIM), video and radio lesson, including psychosocial support through Sherig Counselling services. This report is intended to assess the experienc...

Bhutan’s success against COVID-19 desperately needs preserving

Amid a region in crisis, collectively and determinedly we must protect Bhutan’s precious success against COVID-19. A new wave of infections is sweeping across South Asia, with the region now accounting for half of the world’s reported new COVID-19 cases. On 18 May, the South Asia region alone accounted for 4,903 d...