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| Central School for Tibetans, Ravangla |
Central School for Tibetans, Ravangla is located at the Kunphenling Tibetan settlement in Ravangla, a beautiful hill station in south Sikkim, on a 2-acre land on the Ravangla-Namchi main road with the great Kanchenjunga mountain in the background. The school is run by the Central Tibetan Schools Administration under the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India.
Initially established in 1972 as a primary school with assistance from Sikkim Government, the school was merged with CTSA in 1984 and made a branch school of Central School for Tibetans- Kalimpong. Later on it was upgraded to a middle school imparting education to the approximately 150 students in Tibetan-medium at primary level and English-medium from classes VI to VIII. There are 18 teaching and non-teaching staff. The school's physical infrastructure consists of three blocks of buildings, a staff quarter's residential complex and boundary wall covering the entire campus. The school is fully equipped with modern educational resources. In addition to imparting learning in modern subjects, the school is very conscious about preservation of Tibetan cultural heritage and provides various opportunities to the students to participate at various levels in cultural programmes. The school is renowned in district/state for its cultural programmes.
The school at present is working as an effective connecting link among the various sections of the society. The school continues to make good progress under the guidance of Local Advisory Committee chairman and vice-chairman namely, the Sub Divisional Magistrate of Ravangla and the Representative of Kunphenling Tibetan Settlement respectively. Mr. A.K Sundriyal is presently the Headmaster of the school.
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