Fourteen-year old Sunil Limbu from Samtse, the boy who was given to Phub Nidup, originally from Haa for 27 CGI sheets, 50 kg of rice, three bed sheets, one school bag and a tiffin-box by his mother on 1 November 2010 has now got a new lease of life. Sunil …
Read More »Preparing schools for disasters
Currently, 36 participants from 31 schools across Lhuentse are attending a six-day workshop on Disaster Preparedness and Response for Safe School, organized by the Department of Disaster Management (DDM). Apart from Lhuentse, DDM has targeted four other dzongkhags for the training programme: Sarpang, Tsirang, Trashi Yangtse, and Paro. …
Read More »66 students withdraw from Orong School after last year’s deaths
Following the death of two students in Orong Higher Secondary School in Samdrup Jongkhar due to nutritional deficiency last year, 66 of the 167 Class X students have withdrawn from the school. The 66 students reportedly have withdrawn from the school because their parents did not want them to study …
Read More »Implement it or Ignore it
The month of February came and went again. It was time for children to go back to school. For some it was their first day at school. For others it was like going back to their second home. Some children would have just turned six years old last month. Some …
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