The affected parents and students of the ‘earn and learn’ program have decided to file a case against the agent, Bhutan Overseas Employment (BEO). The parents and students had waited for a solution from the government, answers from the agent and more findings by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). “The agent, …

Learning the irrelevancy and taxing nature of the syllabus practiced in the education system, the rationalized curriculum, also known as curriculum thinning will be implemented this academic session. The Director of the Royal Education Council (REC), Kinga Dakpa said the work started since the beginning of 2017 which involved the …

One narrative of the now infamous ‘learn and earn program’ in Japan was that it was only a small group of students making noise and that the rest were doing just fine. This line was even pushed by the government and the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources, among others. …

Four months after the successful surgery of the country’s first conjoined twins in Melbourne, Australia, Nima and Dawa Pelden returned home on Thursday. The 19-months old girls have learned to walk normally and also picked up a few English words during their stay overseas. The family along with the two …

In another finding this week, the parents’ representatives found that having Japanese language fluency was enough to get a working visa. “It was not necessary for the students to attend the language school or pass the N2 or N3 Japanese language proficiency test exam,” said the parents committee lawyer Ngawang …

The academic session this year began with doing away with the Saturday classes after the decision was endorsed during the 19th education conference on December last year. Education minister Lyonpo JB Rai said that even with no Saturday classes, the time allotted for syllabus coverage is more than required. “The …

The two-member parents’ committee investigating the Japan program, which arrived in Japan on 22nd February, have so far met with around 254 Bhutanese students and come up with various findings. One main finding according to the committee is that the employment agency SND, which is BEO’s partner agency in Japan, …

A Japanese language school has been caught on an audio recording admitting to paying a huge commission for each Bhutanese student to the SND agency, which is the Japanese partner agency of Bhutan Employment Overseas (BEO). The exchange was recorded by the Japanese social worker, Yumiko Kan, when she met …

After the request to include parents along with the team from the government to Japan has not been approved by the labour ministry, two of the committee’s representative member will be leaving for Japan on the 19th of February. While some committee members donated Nu 1,000 each for the trip …

Reservations remain high among some private school owners and faculty members on the allotment of the class ten passed students in government and private schools, with the fee structures decided by the government. Many believe the system will have negative implications, especially for the private schools. Of the 21 private …