Education

The GPE grant to Bhutan is supporting the development of the country’s first National Education Assessment Framework.

Despite Bhutan successfully expanding access to education (the out-of-school rate decreased from 12.5% in 2010 to 8% in 2018) and the Net Enrolment Rate at primary level increased from 92.9% in 2018 to 96.5% in 2019, concerns about the quality of education remain.

In 2019 through Global Partnership for Education (GPE) support, Save the Children in partnership with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Bhutan Council for School Examination and Assessments (BCSEA) supported the development, finalization and endorsement of the National Education Assessment Framework in Bhutan. The project will support in enhancing the national assessment system to improve learning outcomes and the BCSEA will be conducting the first ever National Education Assessment for Grade 3 by the end of 2021.

“Global Partnership for Education-Education Sector Program Implementation Grant”

In September 2019, Save the Children – Bhutan Country Office in partnership with the Ministry of Health launched Prescription to Play (P2P) for 0-3-year-old children with funding from LEGO Foundation. The project was a scale-up of the successful piloting of Building Brains common approach through an approach of playful parenting that complemented the LEGO’s Learning Through Play Framework.

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.