COUNTRY BACKGROUND - Gross National Happiness Commission

Table 11.5 Enrolment at Sherubtse College 1990
Arts, Class XI & XII
Science, Class XI & XII
Commerce, Class XI & XII
Sub-total, Class XI & XII
Arts, Degree Course
Science, Degree Course
Commerce, Degree Course
Sub-total,Degree Course
Stream Male Female Total
95
114
39
248
85
41
55
181
Education
11.55 Simtokha Rigney School offers courses up to Class XII and it is the main source of Dzongkha language
teachers. In the 7FYP, both infrastructural and curriculum development will take place to enable the School to
provide degree level studies in Dzongkha. But the present site in Simtokha is unsuitable for further expansion and
the Higher Institute for Rigney and Dzongkha studies will be established elsewhere. The opening of such an
Institute will reduce the need for students to attend courses outside Bhutan. But where specialization is needed,
scholarships for further studies will continue to be awarded.
Technical and Vocational EducationTechnical and Vocational Education
11.56 The existing courses will be reviewed and updated to reflect the developments in these fields and to reflect
the manpower demands in these areas. In particular, importance shall be given to the participation of the user
agencies in the curriculum development. A closer relationship between the Institute and the Department of Trade
and Industry will make the Royal Bhutan Polytechnic course more relevant to the needs of industry.
11.57 The workshop in the Royal Bhutan Polytechnic will also be re-equipped with appropriate tools. Students'
residences will be constructed with priority for girls hostels in order to increase the enrolment of girls at the
Polytechnic. The infrastructure and curriculum of the Royal Technical Institute will be improved. A girl's hostel
will be built to increase the enrolment of girls at the RTI. The National Trade Training Institute, in Kharbandi will
increase its enrolment capacity from 60 at present to 100 by the end of the 7FYP. To enable this expansion, the
number of instructors as well as the physical facilities will be increased. Due to the envisaged expansion of the
industrial sector and demand for technically skilled manpower, the possibility of establishing 2 more trade schools
will be studied. It is likely that one of them will be established in Eastern Bhutan.
Royal Institute of ManagementRoyal Institute of Management
11.58 A new facility for the RIM will be constructed for the RIM in the 7FYP, as the existing Institute is housed
on several sites. This will improve the functioning of the Institute, in addition to training of the RIM staff. The
RIM will also improve the content of their courses through the establishment of linkages with client organizations
for assessment of their training needs and evaluation of RIM training. This will enable the RIM to meet the incountry
training requirements of the top, senior, middle level executive and supervisory and office support
personnel. The Library Learning Resources and Documentation Division will be expanded with a view to
strengthen training and research facilities. RIM will also establish linkages with reputed institutions abroad with
similar objectives to obtain assistance inter-alia in the development of the RIM faculty, training materials and
documentation and also to share training experiences.
Adult and Non Formal EducationAdult and Non Formal Education
11.59 During the 7FYP, an adult literacy programme will be developed with the aim of reaching approximately
3,000 people. The programme will meet basic educational needs of the population in terms of basic skills reading,
17
14
15
46
14
4
4
22
48
128
54
294
99
45
59
203
Total 429 68 497
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