Ministry of Education and Skills Development (Bhutan)
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| 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 ministry under the Royal Government of Bhutan, responsible for the country's educational policies.[1] As of 2023, the Ministry controlled 573 schools.[2] The Ministry's stated vision is "An educated and enlightened society of GNH, built and sustained on the unique Bhutanese values of tha dam-tsig ley gju-drey."[3] Its stated objectives include developing educational policies that support a knowledge-based GNH society, providing equitable and quality education, and equipping learners with skills for the 21st century.[3]
Departments
[edit]The Ministry of Education and Skills Development includes the following departments:[4][5][6]
- Department of Education Programmes (DEP)
- Department of School Education (DSE)
- Department of Workforce Planning and Skills Development (DWPSD)
Ministers
[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.
- ^ "Ministry of Education and Skills Development | SHERIG". www.education.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ a b "Vision & Mission | Ministry of Education and Skills Development". www.education.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "DEP | Department of Education Programmes". www.education.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "Department of School Education". www.education.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "Department of Workforce Planning & Skills Development |". Retrieved 2024-10-20.
External links
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