The only government-run Early Child Care Development (ECCD) center in Phuentsholing is not open, as it has no facilitators to run it. The Thromde Education Officer of Phuentsholing said the center is ready to operate, but due to lack of facilitators, the center remains closed.  The ECCD center, located in …

The ministry of education (MOE) will be enrolling 1,500 students in private schools for the 2021 academic year out of 12,500 students. The rest of the students will be absorbed in the government schools. The private school association will decide how to share the 1,500 students among themselves. Education Minister …

The parents of children studying in Karma Academy, Class XII (stream: Science, Commerce and Arts), Shaba, Paro appealed for negotiation on additional fee levied by the School for the extension of the academic year 2020. This, however, seems to be a similar issued faced by many students and parents across …

Most Bhutanese are ready for the vaccine but a significant minority opt out for now With around a week left for the mass COVID-19 vaccination in the country and the government all set with the roll out plan some vaccine hesitancy has crept in. Though the majority are for the …

The flu clinic in Thimphu carried out 19,826 antigen testing last year, whereby 5,984 tests was done in March 2020 during the time that the first COVID-19 case was reported in the country. The second highest number of antigen testing was carried out in December at 3,070 tests. A huge …

470,627 people have registered for the COVID-19 vaccination as of 15th March The Ministry of Health (MoH) is holding discussions on when to start the COVID-19 mass vaccination. The tentative date is set for 18 March according to the MoH but this is not finalized and may change. Currently, health …

All the students with Special Education Needs (SEN) will follow the same guidelines as the students in general schools. The opening of SEN schools will be as per the COVID-19 protocols and respective inclusive schools have developed their own guidelines for the students to report to the schools. However, SEN …

The ECCD and SEN Division in the Ministry of Education (MoE) trained 20 private Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) facilitators to ensure more stringent adherence to rules regarding the trained facilitators of the private ECCD centers in the country. The training aims to help the facilitators to be equipped …

Tendruk Central School, the only inclusive school in Samtse, is facing difficulties in providing Special Education (SEN) to students with disabilities. Having the highest diversity of special children, the school has limited facilities. SEN coordinator and a SEN provider in Tendruk CS, Tara Devi Giri, said there is only one …

So far Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) has done more than 8,000 COVID-19 RT-PCR tests for the health staff, patients and attendants. Medical Superintendent of JDWNRH, Dr Gosar Pemba, said around 3,500 tests was done in January and 4,340 in February were done. On an average, 18 to …