Respect, honesty, pride

December 8, 2010Posted inEducation
Thimphu Primary School graduated their first batch of students this morning. 21 children who had recently appeared for their first board exams received certificates from their principal, Ma’am Carolyn Tshering. In her final speech to her outgoing students, Ma’am Carolyn urged them to never forget the all-important values of respect, honesty and pride that their school had taught them. I’m reproducing her speech below to share her timeless message with students, teachers and parents throughout our country. This week’s banner celebrates primary education in Bhutan. Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to our first ever Graduation .  In most western countries…

TPS book week

May 22, 2010Posted inEducation
Mountain Echoes, a four-day literary festival in the capital, organized by the India-Bhutan Friendship Association, has concluded successfully. Coincidentally, Thimphu Primary School organized a lesser known, but no less important, literary festival of their own last week. Students pledged to stay away from television during all of “book week”, yielding, instead, to the delights of storybooks. They read books, wrote and told stories, designed book posters, donated books, bought books, and quizzed each other about books and authors. And yesterday, at the final day of the TPS book week, the students put on a costume parade for their parents…

Superman and the carpenter

April 3, 2010Posted inMonarchy
Business Bhutan carried an interesting story last week. It was about a young student’s fantastic encounter with His Majesty the King. Here’s another story… When Galek came home from school recently, she excitedly announced that she had met His Majesty the King. She explained that our monarch had visited Thimphu Primary School that day. And, she recounted every detail of the royal visit, from the stories that His Majesty had told them and the soelra that they had received, to the songs that they had sung and the flying kisses that they had exchanged. “Our King told us a…