Education

The Secretary of Ministry of Education Dasho Karma Yeshey, the Secretary of GNHC Dasho Thinley Namgyel, and Country Director – Nepal/Bhutan Country Office formally launched the 30 children’s storybooks written and illustrated by school children of Zhemgang district produced through ‘Children Writing for Children’ project on 7 November 2017 in Thimphu.

The children’s storybooks were launched in a function attended by local authors, education officials, officials from READ Bhutan, and other stakeholders.

62 school children from grades VI-X, representing 20 schools in Zhemgang, participated in the five day “Children Writing for Children” program organized by Save the Children in collaboration with District Education office, Zhemgang. The program was held from 3– 8 July, 2017 at Zhemgang Central School.

 About 115 children from Trong community in Zhemgang participated in the 3^rd Winter Youth Programme in Zhemgang Central School. Children from grade IV to XII participated in programmes such as Art, Writing, Photography, Script writing and Film-making, and Fashion Designing using household waste. Besides, the children were also sensitized on disasters risks and how to be safe in school and at home from man-made as well as natural disasters, and on youth-related issues, counseling and peer helping.

A seven day Emergent Literacy and Math (ELM) refresher training was conducted at Paro from 1^st July, 2016. The highlights of the training are as follows;

Representatives from a diverse group but with a common objective of promoting ‘reading’ among Bhutanese children, including some children, attended a Children’s Book Forum organized by Save the Children in collaboration with Royal Education Council under Bhutan Children’s Book Initiative (BCBI) on 1st June,2016 at Ariya Hotel in Thimphu.