2/12/2023 0 Comments Majesty 2 rat king![]() ![]() We have come a long way in developing our national human resource in diverse fields. Mass education and literacy resulted in the creation of a corp of administrative and technical personnel which was required for development while reducing our dependence on foreign experts. ![]() Our general literacy rate today stands at 71.4% and youth literacy rate at over 93%. ![]() ![]() Today, we have 704 schools, 24 tertiary institutes and a total of 1,85,757 students with nearly 11,000 teachers.īhutan’s education program, both modern and monastic, has been a success story. The development of education continued to receive privileged consideration during the visionary leadership of His Majesty King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. This increased to 102 schools and over 9,000 students by 1971. By 1959, there were 440 students studying in about 11 primary schools. However, mass public education was started only after 1955 by His Majesty King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. His Majesty King Jigme Wangchuck built upon the early foundations of modern education and pursued the footsteps and vision of his father. Realising the importance of advanced monastic education, he also sent senior monk-scholars to train in Tibet. Despite the daunting challenges of his time, he established schools in Bhutan and sent Bhutanese children to study in India. Standing on the cusp of the twentieth century, Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuck saw the importance of modern education in preparing Bhutan for what lay ahead. ![]()
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