Around 13 multi-skilled instructors gathered at the Department of Youth and Sports (DYS) to discuss issues pertaining to the use of vocational skills in schools on March 9. The meeting aimed to come up with a new work plan for the teachers through introducing strategies to make vocational education popular. …

The labor ministry for the first time initiated a Training providers’ exchange program to improve the quality of trainings provided by both government and private institutes in Phuentsholing. The program which saw 29 selected applicants comprising principals, CEOs and directors of various institutions began on March 12. “The pilot program was held …

Out of 40 pass-outs, only seven electrical engineers from Jigme Namgyel Polytechnics (JNP) in Dewathang, Samdrup Jongkhar   have been absorbed in the job market this year. As per the labor market information guide for Class X and XII, published by the labor ministry, the number of vacancies projected for electrical …

They have to chauffeur their bosses around during office hours and the rest of the time including weekends they spent their time doing odd chores as per the demands and dictates of their bosses’ wives, often receiving berating for making a slight mistake. They are even made to do farm …

Fleeing laborers is a chronic problem among local contractors. Foreign laborers absconding from the country has delayed projects and eventually resulted in penalties for missing the deadlines. A businesswoman Jambay even went to Cooch Bihar in India frisking for her absconded thikadar whom she had paid Nu 0.6 mn initially …

Naro community  will not have to cross Thimpchhu  now as it will  get two new wooden bridges by the end of May. A budget of Nu 0.2 mn and 1.3 mn respectively have been allocated for them in the 10th Five Year Plan.With two bridges; Shau Lumey zam and Nenseyphu …

The construction of the National Secretariat Complex was shelved during the 10th Plan due to budget constraints, but the Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MOWHS), which proposed the project expects that it would be taken up during the 11th FYP. For the last one decade, the National Secretariat Complex …

By June, Dakarla will be having its own conference hall to accommodate around 100 people. Dakarla Gup said that conducting meetings in an open space is sometimesdifficult because of the weather.   The gewog had cancelled important meetings due to heavy snowfall; moreover the gewog is too windy.The hall is being …

  In the past, the Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC) floated ideas of setting up a hydropower construction company but it failed to see the light of day. However, DGPC managing director Dasho Chhewang Rinzin, said that setting up a hydropower construction company is not a major mandate for the …

The students of Naro gewog will be having a proper school after the construction of anew building started. Till now, the school which had till Class III was using  in a cattle shed made of mud and stone. Last year, the school had 11 students and one teacher. This year, …