Ministry of Education and Skills Development (Bhutan)
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The Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD) (Dzongkha: ཤེས་རིག་དང་རིག་རྩལ་གོང་འཕེལ་ལྷན་ཁག།; Wylie: shes rig dang rig rtsal gong 'phel lhan khag) is a governmental body under the Royal Government of Bhutan, responsible for formulating and implementing educational policies across the country. {{Cite web |title=Ministries and Departments Reconstituted and their new names |url=https://thebhutanese.bt/ministries-and-departments-reconstituted-and-their-new-names/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=The Bhutanese |language=en-US}} As of 2024, the ministry controls 566 schools.{{Cite web |title=Ministry of Education and Skills Development {{!}} SHERIG |url=https://education.gov.bt/pages/departments/ |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=www.education.gov.bt}}
Vision
The MoESD envisions "An educated and enlightened society of Gross National Happiness (GNH), built and sustained on the unique Bhutanese values of tha dam-tsig ley gju-drey."{{Cite web |title=Sherig – MoESD – Ministry of Education & Skills Development |url=https://education.gov.bt/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |language=en}}
Objectives
The Ministry's primary objectives include:
- Developing sound educational policies that enable the creation of a knowledge-based GNH society.
- Providing equitable, inclusive, and quality education and lifelong learning opportunities to all children, harnessing their full potential to become productive citizens.
- Equipping all learners with appropriate knowledge, skills, and values to cope with the challenges of the 21st century and beyond.{{Cite web |title=About Us – Sherig – MoESD |url=https://education.gov.bt/pages/about-us/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |language=en}}
Organizational Structure
The MoESD comprises several departments, including:{{Citation |title=Council of Ministers (Bhutan) |date=2025-02-04 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Bhutan) |access-date=2025-02-10 |language=en}}
- Department of School Education
- Department of Adult and Higher Education
- Department of Youth, Culture, and Sports
Educational Statistics
Departments
The Ministry of Education and Skills Development includes the following departments:{{Cite web |title=Department – Sherig – MoESD |url=https://education.gov.bt/pages/departments/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |language=en}}
- Department of Education Programmes (DEP)
- Department of School Education (DSE)
- Department of Workforce Planning & Skills Development (DWPSD)
Leadership
- Sangay Ngedup (1998–1999) (as Minister of Health and Education)
- Thakur S. Powdyel (2008–2013)
- Norbu Wangchuk (2014–2018)
- Jai Bir Rai (7 November 2018 – 2023)
- Yeezang De Thapa (28 January 2024- present)
See also
References
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External links
- [https://education.gov.bt/ Ministry of Education and Skills Development (MoESD)]
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