DEPARTMENTAL BRIEFS Secretary Visit Tibetan Schools Kalon Tripa Visit CST Kollegal Meeting of Ford Foundation Scholarship for Tibetans Educational Management Training for CTSA Institutional Heads & Rectors Scholarship News Tibetan Girl Bags Gold Medal SCHOOL FEATURE Tibetan SOS Children's Village, Bylakuppe CTSA Incentive Awards for Teachers Class XII CBSE Examination Results of Tibetan Schools, 2003 Class X CBSE Results of Tibetan Schools, 2003 School Inspections In-service teachers training PROJECT NEWS Project News PUBLICATION NEWS Publication News

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Secretary Visit Tibetan School Ven. Karma Gelek Yuthok, Secretary, Department of Education (DOE), Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and Dr. M.S. Verma, Secretary, Central Tibetan Schools Administration (CTSA) inspected the Central School for Tibetans (CST) in the south at Bylakuppe, CVP Bylakuppe, Kollegal, Gurupura from April 15-24 and CST Tenzingaon and CST Miao , which are located in the northeast India, from May 31-June 4. During their visit they inspected the educational facilities at the schools, observed classroom instruction and held detailed discussions with the students, school staff and parents representatives on ways to bring an overall improvement in the schools.        Go top Kalon Tripa Visit CST Kollegal Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, Kalon Tripa (Chairman of Kashag), CTA paid an official visit to the Tibetan Settlements at Bylakuppe, Hunsur and Kollegal from June 1-10. During his tour, he visited CST Kollegal on June 9 and addressed the students and staff members. He was accompanied by Mr. Tsering Dhundup, Secretary, Department of Home, CTA Dharamsala.        Go top Meeting on Ford Foundation Scholarship for Tibetans Education Secretary attended a meeting at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on June 20 to discuss modalities of the Ford Foundation Scholarship for Tibetans co-ordinated by the Foundation for Universal Responsibility. While in Delhi, he attended a meeting on CTSA Transfer Policy as a special invitee on June 21.        Go top Education Management Training for CTSA Institutional Heads & Rectors The 14th Annual CTSA Institutional Heads and Rectors Meeting cum Workshop on educational management and planning was held at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi from May 13-17. It was organised by the CTSA in collaboration with NIEPA. Principals, Rectors and headmasters of the CTSA and Sambhota Tibetan Schools Administration (STSA) schools attended the programme along with officials of DOE, STSA and CTSA . The participants were introduced to skills in institutional evaluation and diagnosis: strategic planning and total quality management in education. The programme was directed by Prof. Sudesh Mukhopadhyay, Senior Fellow and Head of Educational Administration Unit, NIEPA. Side by side with the workshop, the institutional Heads and the authorities deliberated on various outstanding academic and administrative matters relating to the schools.       Go top Class XII CBSE Examination Results of Tibetan Schools, 2003 School Students appeared Pass% School position CST Kaimpong 28 100 1 CST Bylakuppe 31 100 1 TCV Bylakuppe 181 97.23 2 CST Paonta Sahib 29 96.55 3 THF Mussoorie 61 91.8 4 CST Dalbousie 24 91.66 5 TNMF Clementown 32 90.62 6 CST Shimla 31 90.32 7 CST Darjeeling 48 83.33 8 CST Mundgod 135 82.22 9 TCV Dharamsala 184 82.06 10 CST Herbertpur 25 76 11 CST Mussoorie 112 72.32 12 TOTAL 921 86.86% Topper Science Stream: Rahul Shukla (80.2%), CST Mussoorie Commerce Stream Kunchok Sangpo (83.6%), SOS TCV Bylakuppe Humanities Stream: Jampa Dolma (82.8%), CST Bylakuppe Vocational Stream: Soepa Gyatso (82.66%), CST Mundgod       Go top Class X CBSE Results of Tibean Schools, 2003 This year's overall pass percentage of Class X CBSE result was 57.9% as compared to 60.6% last year. Out of 1221 students who have appeared from 21 Tibetan schools, 707 passed in the examination. TCV Lower Dharamsala topped with 90.47% result followed by CST Bylakuppe (83.33%), TCV Gopalpur (82.95%), CST Gurupura (82.14%). The students who secured highest marks are Amit Kumar of CST Herbertpur (84.2%), Tsering Norbu of TCV Lower Dharamsala (84%), Thupten Sangpo of TCV Lower Dharamsala (83.2%), Jamyang Phuntsok of CST Paonta Sahib (83.2%), Tsering Dolkar of TCV Lower Dharamsala (82%) and Lhamo Tsering of TCV Gopalpur (81.4%).       Go top School Inspections Education Officers Mr. Tsering Phuntsok and Mr. T. Samdup visited Sherab Gatsel Lobling School (Tibetan Transit School) at Khanyara, near Dharamsala on April 25. This was the first academic inspection since DOE took over its administration in August last year. The school runs an co-ed adult education programme for new refugees from Tibet. Young adults of ages ranging from 18 to mid-thirties spend a maximum of 5 years learning English, Tibetan, mathematics, computer, thanka painting, tailoring and carpentry. Presently, the school has 607 students and 54 staff. The officers interacted with students and staff members and inspected the entire school plant. Education Officer Mr. Tsering Samdup and STSA Director Mr. Karma Chungdak jointly visited the Tibetan schools at Gangtok, Pokhriabong and Shillong for annual academic inspection from May 20-June 2. They made detailed observations of the conduct of administration and teaching-learning in the schools and gave necessary guidelines for further improvement.       Go top In_service teachers training ELT & PATHS CURRICULUM WORKSHOP: A workshop was conducted for primary school English language teachers from April 15-20 at the College of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah, Dharamsala. Thirty teachers took part in the workshop. During the first two days, a workshop on Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) was conducted by Prof. Mark T. Greenberg and Dr. Celene Domitrovich of the Prevention Research Center, Penn State University, USA. They introduced to the participants the concept of emotional intelligence, its importance and ways to promote it among children. The last four days focussed entirely on the English Language Teaching (ELT) for children in the primary classes. Mrs. Shefali Ray of State Council of Educational Research and Training; Dr. Anju Sahgal Gupta of Indira Gandhi National Open University and Mrs. Gopa Biswas of National Institute of Open Schooling all associated with the British Council, New Delhi guided the participants through the workshop. All the participants were provided a complete set of listening and speaking course books with audiocassettes for use in their schools. Kalon Lobsang Nyendak, Hon' ble Minister for Finance & Health, CTA addressed the gathering during the inaugural function. MUSIC & DANCE TEACHERS WORKSHOP: A workshop on the techniques of teaching different forms of performing arts was organised by the Department of Education at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts, Mcloed Ganj from April 22 - May 6. Thirty-five Music & Dance teachers from Tibetan Children's Village Schools, Tibetan Homes Schools, Sambhota Tibetan Schools, TNMF School and Schools from Nepal attended the training. Education Secretary and Director of TIPA addressed the participants during valedictory function. STSA SCHOOL HEADS CONFERENCE-CUM-WORKSHOP The fourth annual conference of school heads of Sambhota Tibetan Schools Administration was held at Dharamsala from April 21-23. Kalon Thupten Lungrig, Hon' ble Minister for Education inaugurated the meeting. In his inaugural speech the minister highlighted the importance of education for the progress and reconstruction of future Tibet. Besides deliberations on administrative and academic matters, the meeting discussed on strategies for the implementation of various resolution passed during the 4th General Conference of Tibetan Teachers held in January this year. Immediately after the conference, a three- day workshop on school management was conducted for the school heads with emphasis on the application of Buddhist philosophy in educational management.     Go top Tibetan Girl Bags Gold Medal Miss Tenzin Yangkey of Teresian College, Mysore was awarded The Weir Memorial Gold Medal and Prof. V. Puttamadappa Endowment Gold Medal along with a cash prize at the 83rd Annual Convocation of the University of Mysore held on December 31, 2002 for securing highest marks in English (Optional) during B.A. final year examination. Currently, she is doing a Bachelor of Education degree from St. Joseph's College of Education, Mysore and intends to do M.A. in English Literature. The Department of Education congratulates her for the achievement.       Go top   Tibetan SOS Children's Village, Bylakuppe             The largest concentrations of Tibetan refugees have been resettled in South India in five settlements. The growing population and increasing number of destitute families moving into the settlements from other places had put heavy demands for more schools, particularly day-care centres, that would take care of children while parents toil on farms. The Tibetan SOS Children's Village, Bylakuppe is located in the Lugsum Samdupling Tibetan Settlement, 90 kilometers from Mysore city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is a branch of the Tibetan Children's Villages (TCV) based at Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh State. It was opened in 1981 on sixteen acres of land donated by the settlement. After a great deal of planning and work, an idyllic children's village was created consisting of a school, 29 children's homes, two hostels, playgrounds, auditorium, health clinic, administrative block and residential facilities for staff. The village also runs ten day-care centers for infants of the Tibetan settlers in the Bylakuppe and Hunsur areas. The school was upgraded to senior secondary level for Commerce Stream in 1993 and affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi. The medium of instruction at the primary level is in Tibetan. Tibetan language and culture are a vital part of the school curriculum. Currently, the Village has 1,265 students and 133 staff members. The school has a fine record of academic excellence. The pass percentage in the CBSE examination held in March 2003 were 70.37% and 97.23% for Class X & XII respectively. Kunchok Sangpo of Class XII (83.8%) has topped the list among all the Tibetan students in India who graduated from the schools this year. Besides providing modern education, the village places great importance on the need to guide the students into becoming good human beings. The children take part in Tibetan cultural activities along with other co-curricular activities. Besides normal inter-house competition, it takes part in CBSE cluster level games & sports meet. Mr. Ngodup Wangdu is currently the Village Director and Mr. Dhondup Tsering the school Principal.       Go top CTSA Incentive Awards for Teachers             The incentive awards for the year 2001 to teachers of CTSA for their meritorious services were presented at a function held on May 18 at NIEPA, New Delhi. Mr. B.R. Kurumbanshi, Post Graduate Teacher at CST Shimla, Mr. G.N. Upadhyay, Trained Graduate Teacher at CST Dholanji and Mrs. Rinchen Dolma, Primary School Teacher at CST Camp 6 Mundgod were this year's proud recipients.Kalon Thupten Lungrig, Hon' ble Minister for Education, CTA was the guest of honour on the occasion.       Go top Scholarship News The selection of candidates for this year's Fulbright Scholarships was conducted in the last week of April in Delhi. The selected list of 15 Tibetan students scheduled to leave in August 2004 are as follows: Degree Program i) Dorjee ii) Dawa Ngodup iii) Tsering Choephel iv) Passang Tsering v) Tenzin Gayden vi) Konchok Youdon vii) Namgyal Choezom viii) Lhakpa Tsering ix) Urgyen Norbu x) Tsering Phuntsok Non-Degree Program i) Tsering Thaye ii) Yangchen Dolma iii) Lhamo Tsering iv) Tsering Dolkar v) Tsering Dolma This year's four-year undergraduate study scholarship at Berea College, USA was awarded to Tsering Ten of SOS TCV Bylakuppe. He will be leaving for the States in August 2003. Four students, viz; Tenzin Dolma, Sonam Tsering, Tenzin Norpal and Dorjee Tsering have been selected to receive one-year scholarship (2003-`04) to study in Austria sponsored by the Mayor of Graz City and Styria Government, Austria. Dawa Dorjee, ex-student of CST Mussoorie was selected to receive the scholarship offered by the University of San Francisco, USA to pursue a four - year undergraduate studies. He is scheduled to leave in August 2003. Tsering Dolma Sithar of TCV Dharamsala Cantt. has been selected to undergo two-year high school education at Atlantic College, London. She was the topper among the six applicants fulfilling the selection criteria. She is scheduled to join the college by September 2003. The selection of annual scholarships (2003-04) awarded by the Department of Education, CTA has been completed. This year 102 meritorious students have been awarded scholarships to pursue undergraduate, graduate and professional degree courses including the reserve seats. In addition, 20 students from CST schools have been selected to receive CTSA scholarships (2003-04) for pursuing higher studies. Mr. G.S. Saini, Education Officer, CTSA took part in the selection process.       Go top Project News             STAFF QUARTERS AND DINING HALL: The first year EU projects of Sherab Gatsel Lobling School (TTS) funded by EU which included 12 single staff quarters and students dining hall with a capacity of 700 students was completed recently. The construction work of the second year project of 18 staff family quarters and Director and Principal's quarters has been started in June 2003. On behalf of the teachers, staff members and students of the school, the Department of Education is grateful to the European Union and Tibet House Trust, UK for contributing funds for the projects. SCHOOL BUS FOR DAY SCHOLARS OF TCV SCHOOL:A new school bus was provided for the transport of Tibetan day scholars attending the Upper TCV School at Dharamsala Cantt. The major fund for the bus was provided by the NCA, Norway and other well wishers. As a result, the students are now able to reach the school in time and has also lessened overcrowding in the existing bus. CONCRETE APPROACH BRIDGE AT MAINPAT: The old wood-log bridge between camp no. 1 and 3 has been a cause of concern for long especially during the monsoon season, when it often gets damaged and the school children had to face difficulty in crossing the stream to reach their school. It was replaced by constructing a concrete bridge, which was completed this year with the funds donated by Dansk Bornefond (DCF), Denmark.       Go top Publication News New publication released:      Go top Tsalumai Bhumo (Phayul collection series) Phamai Khachhem Phayul collection series) Merchant of Venice (Tibetan translation) Gesar Story for Children - Khrungling: The birth episode Tibetan Language Workbook for Class III Je-goi lam-ne lob-tri je-thab for Class V (Learning through activities)