Yearly Archives: 2012

Gender effects observed in Teacher–Student performances

Female teachers and male students are found to perform significantly better but with gender effects among teachers and students. This is one of the findings of Royal Education Council (REC) on Teacher Needs Assessment (TNA) 2011 and Annual Status of Student Learning (ASSL) 2011that shows differences in performances of teachers …

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Paro CMO defends Dental staffs

The Health officials in Paro clarified the recent incident at the Paro Dzongkhag hospital involving a 73year old woman who passed out during a routine tooth extraction process by two dental technicians. A clarification letter was sent to this paper by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Paro dzongkhag …

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Students sick in six different schools in Bumthang

Ura School in Bumthang is currently at the center of a dozen viral diseases and is potentially the point of origin from where the diseases spread to the neighboring schools. Initially 135 cases were reported, out of which Wangdicholing School had 51 cases, Jakar (11), Chumey (27), Tang (10,) Sonam …

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Vendors happy with meat price increase

The Meat vendors and the Meat committee jointly revised the prices after the vendors shared that the base price of meat has hiked and meat has to be transported in meat vans which charge Nu 10 per kg. This comes as pleasing news for the meat vendors who complained for …

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Bhutan establishes diplomatic relations with Slovenia

Bhutan has established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Slovenia with effect from 13 September. The Republic of Slovenia is a much smaller country than Bhutan with parliamentary democratic system of governance located in central Europe. The joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations was signed between Bhutan’s permanent …

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