Ministry of Education and Skills Development (Bhutan)
| ཤེས་རིག་དང་རིག་རྩལ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཁག། shes rig dang rig rtsal gong 'phel lhan khag | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Bhutan |
| Headquarters | Peling Lam, Thimphu, Bhutan |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) (Dzongkha: ཤེས་རིག་དང་རིག་རྩལ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཁག།; Wylie: shes rig dang rig rtsal gong 'phel lhan khag) is a governmental body under the Royal Government of Bhutan, responsible for formulating and implementing educational policies across the country. [1] As of 2024, the ministry controls 566 schools.[2]
Vision
[edit]The MoESD envisions "An educated and enlightened society of Gross National Happiness (GNH), built and sustained on the unique Bhutanese values of tha dam-tsig ley gju-drey."[3]
Objectives
[edit]The Ministry's primary objectives include:
- Developing sound educational policies that enable the creation of a knowledge-based GNH society.
- Providing equitable, inclusive, and quality education and lifelong learning opportunities to all children, harnessing their full potential to become productive citizens.
- Equipping all learners with appropriate knowledge, skills, and values to cope with the challenges of the 21st century and beyond.[4]
Organizational Structure
[edit]The MoESD comprises several departments, including:[5]
- Department of School Education
- Department of Adult and Higher Education
- Department of Youth, Culture, and Sports
Educational Statistics
[edit]As of 2024, Bhutan's education system includes:[2]
- Schools: 566 (540 government and 26 private)
- Teachers: 8,993 (8,945 government and 48 private)
- Students: 168,092 (167,997 in government schools and 95 in private schools)
Departments
[edit]The Ministry of Education and Skills Development includes the following departments:[6]
- Department of Education Programmes (DEP)
- Department of School Education (DSE)
- Department of Workforce Planning & Skills Development (DWPSD)
Leadership
[edit]- Sangay Ngedup (1998–1999) (as Minister of Health and Education)
- Thakur S. Powdyel (2008–2013)
- Norbu Wangchuk (2014–2018)
- Jai Bir Rai (7 November 2018 – 2023)
- Yeezang De Thapa (28 January 2024- present)
See also
[edit]- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
- Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Home Affairs
- Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Employment
- Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport
References
[edit]- ^ "Ministries and Departments Reconstituted and their new names". The Bhutanese. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
- ^ a b "Ministry of Education and Skills Development | SHERIG". www.education.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "Sherig – MoESD – Ministry of Education & Skills Development". Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "About Us – Sherig – MoESD". Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ "Council of Ministers (Bhutan)", Wikipedia, 2025-02-04, retrieved 2025-02-10
- ^ "Department – Sherig – MoESD". Retrieved 2025-02-10.
External links
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