All the schools in the country will be opening next year including 20 Special Educational Needs Schools (SEN) and 2 Special Institutes, Wangsel Institute in Paro and Muenselling Institute in Khaling. All 744 students will follow the same health protocols of the other general schools across the country. There will …

Currently Bhutan has 22 active cases, out of which 21 are male and 1 female. A total of 364 cases have been reported so far and 342 cases have recovered so far. There are no active cases at the JDWNRH, Mongar and Gelephu COVID-19 centers as of today. The second …

Class V and VI will be in self-containment mode and class PP to IV will be provided with a bus system All schools to open next year In order to provide uninterrupted education to the students, the ministry of education (MoE) plans that all the students of Phuentsholing thromde from …

Health Minister Dechen Wangmo said that globally, countries are beginning to see a second wave of COVID-19 and this is primarily because of the laxity in adherence to preventive measures like hand hygiene, face masks and physical distancing. She said this is a strong reminder for all on the importance …

MoE also making other adaptations to help SEN students The Ministry of Education (MoE) with support from Save the Children under the project Global Partnership for Education’s Covid-19 accelerated fund to support Bhutan’s educational sector will see 744 students with special needs getting free smart phones or tablets. These special …

Most cases of Covid-19 detected in the country were from Chhukha (Phuentsholing) which has 21 female and 157 male cases detected so far. The country has reported 53 cases from Dantak, 28 cases from IMTRAT, 173 cases from quarantine centers and 10 cases from community. 178 cases are imported cases …

After the closure of schools in the country on March 18, 2020, the Ministry of Education (MoE) implemented adaptive curriculum and assessment instead of conventional school curriculum and assessment. In the case of E-Learning, the assessment will be done as per the adaptive curriculum at the end of the academic …

The Bhutan Employment Overseas Agent (BEO) case is in the witness stage after both the prosecutor and defendant issued rebuttals twice with submission of their evidences in the district court, Thimphu, according to Office of Attorney General (OAG). The cross-examination of the witness in the witness stage was suppose to …

When the first national lockdown was announced on 13th August, one of the safety measures that Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) put in place was to stop any food or other items entering the hospital building by the patients or their attendants to minimize the risk of virus …

Bhutan witnessed an increased burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) both in terms of morbidity and mortality. As per the Bhutan STEPS Survey, the rise of NCDs has been driven primarily by four major risk factors: tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, physical inactivity and unhealthy diets. Reducing these modifiable risk …