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 …

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 …

Pedestrian Day, initiated with a noble cause on a globally marked environment day, did not rate high on the desirability charts, and it still remains a big thorn in every body’s sides. The seemingly altruistic drive easily generated a sea of public ire, expressed immediately after its enforcement, on social …

The flow of misconceptions has been noticed both in teachers as well as in students during the process of teaching-learning in the class. This is one of the stark findings from the Teacher Needs Assessment (TNA) 2011 and Bhutan’s Annual Status of Student Learning (ASSL) 2011, conducted by Royal Education …

The Gross National Happiness (GNH) Center will launch its first-ever public event ‘Mindfulness is a source of Happiness’ at the Youth Development Fund (YDF) complex from 21 September in the capital which will target 600 youths across the country. ‘Youths’ comprises graduates, high school, out of school youth and youth …

After the first Chikungunya fever outbreak in Bhutan on 30 July, a total of 215 samples were received by Public Health Laboratory (PHL) as of 31 August out of which 64 tested positive. This is what the Public Health Laboratory (PHL)’s ‘Report on Chikungunya outbreak in Bhutan’ stated. A total …

Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA) has started off with an advocacy campaign after numerous complaints on the increased number of students particularly in middle and higher secondary schools indulged in drug abuse and open use of tobacco. The campaign includes sensitization drives on the issue for students, teachers and non-teaching …

The Royal Education Council (REC) will launch an autonomous Teacher Education Institute in Yonphula, Trashigang, as an in-service Professional Development Institute on 11 November. The event launched in coincidence to the fourth monarch’s birth anniversary is meant to be a tribute to 100 years of education and is currently named …

Bhutan’s Annual Status of Student Learning (ASSL) 2011 showed low performance by students compared to ASSL 2008. Students from governments schools in Bhutan performed lower than the international average in all classes and subjects tested. The ASSL 2011 brought out by a collaboration of Royal Education Council (REC), Ministry of …

The book envisions the Buddhist Paradise in the sacred Kingdom of Bhutan. It is inspired by Her Majesty the Royal Grandmother Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuk. It was launched by His Holiness Dilgo Khentse Yangtse Rinpoche. Her Majesty’s friend Khun Supawan Pui Lamsan diligently worked for two years, to publish the …