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….providing SEN students with variety of opportunities to lead autonomous lives By Sonam Deki As a part of Special Education Needs (SEN) program, the Early Child Care Development (ECCD)and SEN division, Department of School Education, Ministry of Education and SkillsDevelopment established curriculum to acquire life skills for children with disabilities and some SENschools are giving various life skill lessons such …

…𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙝𝙪𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙁𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙧𝙪𝙜 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮’𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙨𝙢𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙗𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 Tenzin LhadenThe consumption of tobacco is not altogether prohibited in Bhutan, though it is largely banned in public places. Smoking tobacco and tobacco products in public places is a violation. The organizations/entities and public outlets are asked to declare their own …

… 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒇𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 Phurpa Wangmo With recent spike in numbers of Bhutanese seeking to leave abroad for studies and working have saddled e-medical services at Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu. Sound E-medical certificate is prerequisite to apply …

…𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒖𝒑 Tenzin Lhaden The National Education Assessment (NEA) 2021-Grade II report published in 2023 by the Bhutan Council for School Examinations and Assessment, Ministry of Education and Skill Development reveals that the grade III students has positive attitudes towards learning. Almost all students, …

…𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 (𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏). 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 Tenzin Lhaden “My boyfriend and I work in the same company. He kept asking me out and we started dating. Now we are living together as husband and wife, but …