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CLCS Bhutan logo. CLCS was founded in 1961 as a semi-monastic school at Wangditse. It later moved to Semtoka Dzong in Thimphu. It has now become a full degree awarding college with a focus in Buddhist Philosophy, languages, Bhutanese culture, Himalayan Studies, history and research in Bhutanese language and culture.
Dzongkha is a Central Bodish language [2] with approximately 160,000 native speakers as of 2006. [3] It is the dominant language in Western Bhutan, where most native speakers are found. It was declared the national language of Bhutan in 1971. [4] Dzongkha study is mandatory in schools, and the majority of the population speaks it as a second ...
There are also some native speakers near the Indian town of Kalimpong, once part of Bhutan but now in North Bengal, and in Sikkim. Dzongkha was declared the national language of Bhutan in 1971. [8] Dzongkha study is mandatory in all schools, and the language is the lingua franca in the districts to the south and east where it is not the mother ...
Bhutan has thirteen colleges [1] and two universities that are the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) [2] and the Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB). [3] This is a list of universities and colleges in Bhutan.
Bhutan's coeducational school system in 1988 encompassed a reported 42,446 students and 1,513 teachers in 150 primary schools, 11,835 students and 447 teachers in 21 junior high schools, and 4,515 students and 248 teachers in 9 high schools. [1] Males accounted for 63 percent of all primary and secondary students. [1]
Bhutanese Sign Language (BhSL; Drukgi Lagdai Khakay in Dzongkha) is the indigenous sign language of Bhutan, used especially at the Wangsel Institute for the Deaf, Paro, Bhutan. Bhutan set up the program for the deaf in a hearing school in Thimphu ca. 2000, and the first dedicated school, in Paro, was approved in 2013. [1]
Father William Mackey, SJ, a key figure in the development of secondary education in Bhutan, significantly contributed to the school's foundation. In 1996, the school was upgraded to include Class XII arts and commerce streams under the I.S.C. board, and it has since added a science stream. The school celebrated its Silver Jubilee on May 16, 2003.
As of 2024, Bhutan's education system includes: [2] Schools: 566 (540 government and 26 private) Teachers: 8,993 (8,945 government and 48 private) Students: 168,092 (167,997 in government schools and 95 in private schools)