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No.1 SPRING 2014 Sixth Tibetan General Conference on Education and the Effective Implementation of the Basic Education Policy, Introduced in 2004 www.sherig.org NEWS SHERIGQUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CENTRAL TIBETAN ADMINISTRATION Vol.18; No.1 SPRING 2014 Sixth Tibetan General Conference on Education and the effective implementation of the basic education policy, introduced in 2004. Trisur Prof. This page plus S. Rinpoche gave a talk on four aims of giving Counseling News ------------3 education and its effective implementation as enshrined in the Basic Education Policy for Tibet- Education Council News----3 ans in Exile. Guest Speaker, Dr. Mati Bernabei, Publication News-------------4 a Canadian Educator, spoke on Teacher Profes- Scholarship News -----------4 sional Development. Both the learned speakers interacted with the audience through questuion- The chief guests at the inaugural ceremony of the Tibetan answer sessions. The participants of the confer- general conference on education, 7 January 2014. ence were later divided into ten sub-committees during the conference and held extensive discus- About us… The 6th Tibetan General Conference on Edu- sions on the above agendas and proposed their Sherig News is the official cation was held at the Lower TCV School in recommendations. newsletter of the Depart- Dharamshala from January 7-9. Over 236 ment of Education, one of participants comprising of principals, direc- The three day conference unanimously passed the seven departments of the tors, teachers and counselors from 76 Tibetan resolutions on the strengthening of primary ed- Central Tibetan Administra- schools in Nepal and India, had attended the ucation, teacher professional development and tion based in Dharamsala since 1960. DoE is the apex 3-day conference. The chief guests at the inau- effective implementation of the basic education body responsible for provid- gural ceremony of the conference were Sikyong policy. ing support for the educa- Dr Lobsang Sangay, Mr. Penpa Tsering, Speaker, tional and welfare needs of Tibetan Parliament in Exile and Mr. Ngawang The first general conference was held in 1964 over 22,000 Tibetan refugee Phelgyal Gyechen, the Chief Justice Commis- during the nascent stage of Tibetan exile com- children in India and Nepal. sioner. Other guests include members of the munity. The last general conference was held in For suggestions & com- Kashag, Tibetan parliamentarians, officials of 2009 and was inaugurated by His Holiness the ments, do contact us at: education department and the heads of vari- Dalai Lama. ous autonomous bodies of the Central Tibetan Department of Education Spiritual Teachers Workshop Central Tibetan Administration. Administration Department of Education, CTA organised a The general conference on education is the Gangchen Kyishong month-long workshop for Spiritual teachers of Dharamsala 176215 largest gathering of teachers and administra- Tibetan schools held at College of Higher Tibet- District Kangra tors from all Tibetan schools in India & Nepal an Studies (CHTS), Sarah from January 23-Feb- Himachal Pradesh. INDIA which is held once every five years. The agenda Email: [email protected] ruary 22. Twenty-five spiritual teachers from 24 for the conference include professional devel- Tel: (01892) 222572, 222721 Tibetan schools attended the workshop. It was opment of teachers, emphasis on primary edu- Fax: (01892) 223481 mainly focused on giving introductory basics in cation particularly science and mathematics, Mathematics and Science. Since it is planned to Advisor: Dr. Lobsang Sangay (Kalon for Education) apply dialectics pedagogy for teaching science and maths in Tibetan schools, spiritual & cultural Ngodup Tsering (Education Secretary) teachers would play a pivotal role in the success- ful implementation of dialectics pedagogy by Editor assisting teachers in teaching through dialectics Tsering Dhondup (Science Education Officer) pedagogy. The workshop was funded by DANI- DA, under the Danish Support to Education for Mailing Coordinator Tibetans in Exile. Tsering Yangkyi School Librarians Attend World Book Fair The participating teachers and school administrators at The Department of Education (DoE), under its the conference SHERIG NEWS VOL. 18 No. 1 SPRING 2014 1 DEPARTMENTAL BRIEFS B.Ed. trainees at NCERT with Professors and Secretaries of Education Dept. Participants of the workshop with DoE staff at the book fair. them, and reading pedagogy & assignment. The participants Early Grade Reading Project, organized a workshop for Tibet- were also taken tour to NCERT Library and World Book Fair. an school librarians on February 17-18 at the World Book Fair Education Officers,Tsering Phuntsok and Tsering Dhondup event in New Delhi. 16 Librarians from 13 Tibetan schools paid a visit to the NCERT for the opening days and met with under Tibetan Children's Village (TCV), Tibetan Homes Foun- pupil-teachers and faculty members of Department of Edu- dation (THF) and Sambhota Tibetan Schools Society (STSS) cation in Languages, NCERT. Secretary Ngodup Tsering and attended the 2-day workshop. The theme presentation for Topgyal Tsering also met with the students on 6th Feb. They the World Book Fair-2014 was ‘Children’s Literature’ which is also made a courtesy call on Prof. Parveen Sinclair, Director particularly relevant to the librarians. With over 1100 exhibi- NCERT. tors and more than 1 million visitors, the fair is one of the In January 2014, the Department of Education, CTA orga- biggest of its kind in the world. nized a month long pre-service teacher training for 50 stu- The main objective of the workshop was to give exposure to dents (B.Sc. B.Ed. & B.A. B.Ed.) of Centre for Teacher Educa- the school librarians on rich collection of children’s literature tion at Calorx Teachers University in Ahmedabad from Jan 2 available in the market, and to introduce them to the process to 31. They had hands on practice on teaching and classroom and skills involved in choosing good books for their libraries. observation besides pedagogical learning on language skills, The Department of Education invited two renowned experts child psychology, concept of child centred education, effec- in the field of library science Mrs. Usha Mukunda and Mrs. tive teaching methods and few lessons on organic chemistry. Sujata Noronha to guide the participants through the book Mr. Tashi Dhondup, Director CTE Bhuntar paid a brief visit to fair event, and facilitate interactive sessions in-between. As Ahmedabad to assess the progress of our trainees. Both the a follow-up to this program, the two experts will conduct a two pre-service trainings were funded by USAID through The 3-day training for the Tibetan school librarians in April 2014 Tibet Fund. focusing mainly on reading-related activities that could be COUNSELING NEWS carried out in library. Counseling College Students at Baroda The primary objective of DoE’s Early Grade Reading Project is to foster good reading habit in Tibetan children from early grades. The project is funded by USAID through the Tibet Fund. Pre-Service Teacher-Training for Bhuntar Students at NCERT & CTU The Department of Education, CTA conducted three-week training in New Delhi on basic pedagogy and English lan- guage skill in collaboration with the National Council of Edu- cational Research and Training (NCERT), an apex educational resource organization in India for 20 B.Ed. students of Centre for Teacher Education, Bhuntar from February 3-22, 2014. Inter-active sessions were arranged on pedagogy which in- Counseling College Students at Baroda cludes sessions on developing language skills, understanding the learners, cognitive development, teacher education-an On February 12, DOE Counselors visited Baroda and took overview and emerging perspectives, growing as a teacher: three hours session from 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm. In this session, Continuous Professional Development, integrating ICT in Ms. Dolkar Wangmo (Chief Counselor) did a power point language education, activities based on phonetics and spo- presentation on Career Planning, DOE domestic and over- ken English, children with special needs: how to support seas Scholarship. At the same time, Ms. Wangmo spoke on 2 SHERIG NEWS VOL. 18 No. 1 SPRING 2014 DEPARTMENTAL BRIEFS the importance of pursuing Specialization in different fields with parents residing in the Tibetan Settlement of Miao & of study and was also briefed on the job opportunities with Tezu. She talked on "the Purpose of Education according to the Central Tibetan Administration after their graduation/ Basic Education Policy which is implemented by the Depart- post graduation. They conducted Multiple Intelligence Test ment of Education", Importance of being a good role mod- (MIT) with the students and later the interpretation of the el for children and on child development. They were also test was mailed to the students individually. After the ses- briefed on the various scholarships provided by the Depart- sions, they met one on one with some of the students. Total ment of Education. Total of 55 parents at Tezu and 232 par- of 73 students attended the session and found it helpful and ents at Miao attended the session. This followed by question were happy with their test scores. and answer sessions. Orientation to Class XII passed students in the North East EDUCATION COUNCIL NEWS DOE Assistant Counselor, Ms. Pema Norkyi held Orientation Curriculum Committee Meetings on College Admission for outgoing class XII students of CST Kalimpong and CST Darjeeling from March 18 - 23????, re- spectively. The main purpose of holding the orientation is to help the students in their smooth transition from school to college. Ms. Pema took 3 hours session and talked on the importance of college education and encouraged the students to pursue undergraduate courses in the disciplines of their choice. She demonstrated to the students how to fill the online forms for college admission and also made the students go through the application process on their own and then discuss on the challenges or problems they had faced in doing it. They were also informed on the latest announcements regarding admission. Students were given handouts on "List of things to take for Interview", "Questions frequently asked at Interview," etc.
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