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Advisors: Ngodup Tsering(Kalon for Education)

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Education Kalon Named New Represen-tativeofNorthAmericaThe Kashag o f the Centra l T ibe tanAdministration on 7th November 2017appointedEducationKalonNgodupTseringasthenewRepresentativeofNorthAmericabased in Washington DC. The Kashag hasmadetheappointmenttodayasperChapter1Article1(3)oftheTibetanCharterandArticle19(1) of the Tibetan Publ ic ServiceCommission rules and regulations. KalonNgodupTseringwilltakechargeasthenewRepresentative of North America from 1December2017.

EducationKalonNgodupTseringla

BriefBiographyofKalonNgodupTsering:Mr.NgodupTseringwasbornon1July1953.He is an alumnus of Punjab University,ChandigarhwithadegreeinBachelorofArts.HewasalsoaformermemberoftheTibetanParliament-in-Exile, formerly known as theTibetanPeople’sDeputies from1979-1982.HejoinedtheCentralTibetanAdministrationin1983,onthepostofDeputySecretary.Hewas initially posted at the Department ofEducation.In1987,hewastransferredtotheDepartmentofHomeonthesamepost.From1991-1995,heservedastheDirectorofthe Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts(TIPA).HewasalsotherecipientoftheBestStaffamonggazetteof�icersin1995,awardedbyaSwissbasedTibetanAssociation.In 1996, he was promoted to the post ofSecretaryandappointedasthenewSecretaryoftheDepartmentofEducation.In1999,hewastransferredtotheDepartmentofHomeoftheCentralTibetanAdministrationasthe

homesecretary.From2001-2008,heservedasthepresidentand the Director of various Tibetanassociations in the United States. He wasappointedasthesecretaryoftheDepartmentofEducationagainin2012,andthenasKaloninSeptember2014underthe14thKashagledbyPresidentDr.LobsangSangay.

LEADERSHIPFORCLASSXthSTUDENTSAsevendayprogramonleadershipforclassXstudents was organised by department ofeducation at lower TCV, Dharamsala. Theprogram commenced on 27th December,2017andconcludedon3rdJanuary,2018.Atotal of 257 students accompanied by 27teachers from all over India and Nepalattended the leadership workshop. Theprogram comprised various topics forleadership developmentwhich is crucial incontemporary times and especially vital tolargerTibetancommunityinexile.Alongwithleadership topics there were other co-curricular activities such as talent show,extempore speech, educational video andbasketball ball match scheduled for thestudents. The workshop is designed atbuilding an overall understanding onLeadership Ski l ls and Qual i t ies anddevelopment of Leaders for future Tibetancommunity.

PresidentLobsangSangayandEducationKalonNgoduplaaddressingtheleadershipworkshop

During inaugural ceremony, President Dr.LobsangSangaygaveamotivational speechon how to approach learning with interestand curiosity andondeveloping leadershipcompetencies.Heremindedthestudentsthatthey are the future leaders of the Tibetanfreedom struggle and had imminent

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responsibility to studywith greaterdetermination thantherest.“Youarenotstudyingsimplyforacareer,butforacause,”hesaid.PresidentDr. Sangay also congratulated outgoingKalonNgodupTseringforhissuccessfulroleasEducationKalonandwishedhimluckforhisnextroleasRepresentativeofOOT,Washington,DC.KalonNgodupTseringsaidthe‘aimof the annual Leadership workshop is to nurture andpreparetheyouthtobecomeacon�identandresponsibleleaderoftheTibetancause.’He congratulated all the students and inspired them tomakebestuseofopportunitiestofurthertheireducationandcareer.Heconcludedbysaying,“AsTibetans,therearethreemusts toalwayskeep inourheartsandmind:WemustalwayscarryoursenseofidentityasTibetans;Wemust rememberHisHoliness the Dalai Lama’s blessingandhistirelesseffortstowardsthehappinessofTibetanpeopleandlast,asweforgeaheadtowardsafuture,wemust see the importance of the Central TibetanAdministration especially for unity and freedom of theTibetanpeople”.

EducationCouncil

EducationCouncilDirectoronof�icialvisits toDelhiandBylakuppeDharamsala:TseringSamdup,Directorof theEducationCouncil,DepartmentofEducation,attendedthemeetingofthe TCV school heads on 11 November at Delhi YouthHostel. He gave talk on three topics including BasicEducationPolicyforTibetansinexile,implementationoftheEducationCouncil’s2017resolutionsandabout theearlygradereadingprogramme.

EducationcouncildirectorSamduplawithmembersfromthecommunity

He is currently in Bylakuppe to make preliminarydiscussion and arrangements for the forthcomingworkshoponSecularEthicsinBylakuppeinDecember.HewasrecentlyinvitedasthechiefguesttotheChildren’sDayfunctionoftheSeraJeSchool,wherehegaveabrieftalk.Thereafterhegaveprizestothebestreaderandthemostexemplarystudentsoftheschool.

PrimaryTibetanWorkbookWorkshopatSarahEducationCouncilhasorganizedthe2ndPrimaryTibetanworkbookmeetingatCollegeforHigherTibetanStudies,Sarah,DistrictKangra,from16thto19thOct,2017.Duringthismeeting,theprimaryTibetanworkbookofClassItoIIIarereviewedand�inalized.TherewillalsobediscussionontheformulationofPrimaryTibetanworkbookforclassIVtoV.Theparticipantsforthismeetingare:Mr.TseringSamdup,Director of Education Council, Mr. Tashi Dorjee & Mr.GedhunDhonyoe,TibetanTextbookEditors,Mr.Jamgon,Tibetan teacher of Suja TCV, Mr. Migmar Tsering,HeadmasterofTCVdayschoolDelhi,Mr.PassangTsering,Tibetan teacher of Mewon Peteon School, Ms. DawaTsamchoe,TibetanteacherofChauntraTCV,Mrs.SonamYoudon,TibetanteacherofChokurSambhotadaySchoolBylakuppe and Mrs. Tenzin Palkyi, Tibetan teacher ofLowerTCV.

EducationcouncilteamwithPrimaryTeachers

SecularEthicsWorkshopforSchoolTeachersatSarah,DharamsalaTheDepartmentofEducation,CTAincollaborationwithEmory University and Library of Tibetan Works andArchivesorganizedafour-dayworkshoponSecularethicsfor Tibetan school teachers in Sarah, Dharamsala. Theworkshopcommencedfrom11thDecto14thDec2017.Chief Guest, Secretary Karma Singey of Department ofEducation welcomed the timely initiative led by theDepartment.“Wehavehadmultiplediscussionsonsecularethicsatvariouslevelsovertheyears.Theneedofthehourwas a synergized efforts fromall departmentswho canaffectchangeinthisregard.Thisinitiativeishenceveryencouragingandwelookforwardtoseeingconcreteplansasaresultoftheworkshop.Heappealedtheteacherstogatherasoundunderstandingof the secular ethics curriculum In order to enablethoroughimplementationinschools.Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Geshe Lhakdor,Director of Library of TibetanWorks and Archives andChairmanoftheEducationCouncilsaidthatsecularethicsis an enduring idea with ancient roots. “AncientPhilosopherAristotle,PlatoandSocrateshadarticulated

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ethics andmoral philosophy and contributed extensiveliteratureinthis�ield.Ifonewastostudythis�ieldfromaresearchperspective,thereisagreatdealofknowledge,discussions and debate recorded from the time ofAristotle.”

Education SecretaryKarma Singey ofDOE and guests at the inauguralceremonyonSecularethics.

HeunderlinedthatHisHolinesstheDalaiLama’svisionforsecular ethics was very practical and relates to ourcommonsense.“HisHoliness’ideaofsecularethicscomesfrom a deep well of knowledge and far-sighted visionfocused on humanity’s wellbeing. “Although we aredividedbyourdifferentconceptsofmorality,valuesandbeliefindifferentfaith,hismoralvisionisonethatincludesallhumanbeings:believers,non-believersandthosewhoareanti-religion.Thefour-dayworkshopisbeingfundedbyDeichoeFrasiCharitableTrust,UKandDepartmentofFinance,CTA.

SecularEthicsWorkshopatBylakuppeA two day talk cum workshop on Secular Ethics wasorganized by Department of Education in collaborationwithSeraJeSecondarySchool,Bylakuppe.Theworkshopcommencedon22ndDecember2017andconcludedon23rdDecember2017.

GesheYeshiGyaltsendeliveringspeechonSecularEthics

Onthe�irstdayHisHolinesstheDalaiLamagaveaspecialtalkonsecularethicstoover439participantscomprisingof in-service teachers, retired teachersandmonks frommonastery.SikyongLobsangSangayalsopresidedoverthe

gathering and gave a speech to the audience. This wasfollowedbytwodays'workshoponSecularEthics.ForthetwodayworkshoponSecularEthics therewerearound245teachersfromvariousTibetanschools.The resource person for Secular EthicsworkshopwereTrisurSamdhongRinpoche,GesheLobsangTenzin fromEmory University USA, Library of Tibetan Works andArchives' Director Geshe Lhakdor and Geshe YeshiGyaltsen (Faculty at Dalai Lama Institute of HigherEducation).The closing ceremony was presided over by Sera JeKhenyen Drasang's Khenpo Rinpoche, Mr. Mr. KarmaSingey, Secretary of Department of Education and Mr.Tsering Samdup, Head of Education council. ThisworkshopwasfundedbyGyutoTantricMonastery.

AcademicSectionModernSectionParticipationin44thJNNSMEENationalLevelScienceExhibition

TheDepartmentofEducationispleasedtoannouncetheparticipation of two Tibetan schools namely TibetanHomesSchoolMussoorieandSOSBylakuppeinthe44rdJawaharlal Nehru National Science, Mathematics andEnvironment Exhibition being organized by NCERT atRCVP Noronha Academy of Administration andManagement,Bhopalfrom10thto16thNovember2017.TheJNNSMEEactuallyisaconductingseriesofactivityandexhibitions at zonal, district, regional, state level and�inallyselectingconvincingprojectstobepresentedattheNationalLevelExhibition.The Department of Education after a continuous effortcouldseekapprovalfromNCERTfordirectparticipationofTibetan schools in theNational Level Exhibition as oneentitytitledCentralTibetanAdministration,CTASchool.Out of various exhibition held at Tibetan school levelscienceexhibit,twomodelswereselectedforpresentationatthe44thJNNSMEENationalLevelExhibitionatBhopal.Two students named Tenzin Yarphel accompanied bymentor Mr. Tenzin Nuden from THF Mussoorie andThindupGurungmentoredbyMs.DickeyandMr.NyimaDamdulfromSOSBylakupperepresentedtheCTAteamatthe National Level Exhibition with models on PedalingwashingmachineandComparativestudyontheeffectoforganic and chemical fertilizer on Earthworm. The

TenzinYarphelexhibit-Pedalingwashingmachine

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primaryobjectiveoftheexhibitionistoprovideforumforchildren to pursue their natural curiosity, creativity,innovationand inventivenessandsensitivity to localaswellasglobalproblems.Itisalsotoencouragestudentstoaspire forscienti�icstudy in futurecourseof time.ThisprogramisfundedbyUSAIDthroughTheTibetFund.

EntrepreneurshipAwarenessProgramatSouthZoneSchoolsOne day program on Entrepreneurship awarenesswasheld at 5 Tibetan Schools in the South Indian TibetanSettlements namely, the Central School for Tibetans inGurupura, Bylakuppe, Kollegal, Mundgod and the SOSTibetanChildren'sVillageSchoolinBylakuppe.Atotalof629studentsattendedtheawarenessprogramincludingalltheschools.AspartofDOEinitiativeTEDawarenessprogramhasbeensuccessfullyimplementedinallsouthzoneschools.Entrepreneurship Awareness and EntrepreneurshipEducation are the foundations for a developingcommunity and the Tibetan community in particularshouldmakeEntrepreneurshipitsbuildingblocksforitsfuture towards sustainable development. It is also toencourage the s tudents in fu ture to pursueentrepreneurshipasprofessionapartfromconventionalprofessions.

TenzinNorsanglaProgramOf�icer,TEDinteractingwithschoolchildren

The resource person for the program was Norsang laProgram Of�icer, TED initiative of the Department ofFinance. The Entrepreneurship Awareness Program(EAP)wascarriedforwardincollaborationwiththeTEDinitiative of the Department of Finance, CTA and theprogramwasfundedbySOIR-IM.

TraditionalSectionEducationDepartmentHoldsTalkSeriesonSecularEthicsDharamsala: Geshe Yeshi Gyaltsen, lecturer on SecularEthics of the Bangalore-based Dalai Lama Institute forHigherEducationgaveseriesoftalkonSecularEthicsinandaroundDharamsalafrom17to24October2017.Eleven trainees and teachers of the DoE’s MontessoriTrainingatSherabGatselLoblingwereespeciallygiventwohalf-daytalksonSecularethicson17and18October.

The talks were even attended by Ngodup Tenpa,EducationOf�icerfromtheEducationDepartment.Duringthe talks, Geshe Yeshi Gyaltsen rationally informed thetraineeswithreallifeexamplesabouttheimportanceofvaluesandcompassionateheart,aswellas thewaystocultivatethesevalues.Fortheholisticdevelopmentofthechildren, he even encouraged the trainees,who are allfemales, to be more compassionate and empathetictowardschildrenasquali�iedteachersaswellasmothersin near future, so that the children grow up healthyphysically,mentallyandemotionally.

GesheYeshiGyaltsengivingtalkonsecularethics

Thentheanothertalkwasgiventoaround250studentsandstaffincludingtheprincipalattheCollegeforHigherTibetanStudies,Sarahon19Octoberandto25studentsand�ivestaffincludingtheprincipalattheNorbulingkaInstituteon20October.Duringthesetalks,GesheYeshiGyaltsen talked about the ethics related speci�ically tostudentsaswellastoallthehumanbeingsingeneral.The last talk in Dharamsala was given to 240 nuns ofDolmaLingNunneryandInstituteon24October.Thetalkwas also joined by other 25 nuns from seven differentnunnerieswithinIndiaandfromNepal,astheyareheretoparticipateintheJangPhilosophicaldebatecongregation.(འཇང་ད�ན་ཆོས།)

All the talks series were concluded with question andanswer sessions, during which several doubts of thestudents were cleared with detailed answers. Asoverwhelming response received from the students inMangaloreandBangalorelastmonth,thestudentshereinDharamsala have also shown and expressed deepappreciation about the programme.Discussionsduringand after the talk clearly showed their interest indevelopingsuchinnervaluesthemselves.

PrePrimaryTeacherWorkshopThe Department of Education has organized AMI Pre-primaryAssistant course forPrePrimaryTraineesandTeachers at Sherab Gatsel Lobling School, Dharamsalafrom4thDecember2017to15thDecember2017.Atotalnumberof29participants(28female&1male)attendedthe workshop. Resource Person Ms. Lhamo Pemba,Association Montessori International (AMI) PrimaryTrainertaughtonthevarioustopicsduringthe10days'

Participants of workshop with education secretary karma Singey andSectionHeads.

workshop. After the completion of each topics, thetraineeswereassignedgroupexerciseontheimportanttopics covered during the workshop and apply itaccordingly in their practical period. The participantswerealsoassigned9hoursofClassroomObservationtothenearbyschoolstoobserveandunderstandthechildbehavior.

PrePrimaryTeachersengagedinactivities.

Thetopicsareasfollow:Ö FourPlanesofDevelopmentÖ FourtypesofsensitiveperiodÖ ObservationÖ PreparedenvironmentÖ ImportanceofSensorialActivityÖ Grace&CourtesyÖ IndependenceÖ SocialdevelopmentofthechildÖ Differentaspectsandpurposesof fourareasof MontessorimethodologyÖ ChildPsychologyÖ ConstructionofTeachingLearningMaterial

Thisworkshopis fundedbyUSAIDthroughTHETIBETFUND.

CounsellingSectionSchoolVisit:DOE assistant counselor visited CST Darjeeling, CSTSonadaandCSTKalimpongfromOct.22toNov.7,2017toconductcounselingprogramforthestudents.Duringthisperiod,counselormetindividuallywithstudentsreferredby teachersor fosterparents, hold classroomguidanceandgroupcounselingsessiontothestudentsofclassesVItoXII.Thestudentswroteinthecareerworkbookissuedto them from theDepartment.A total of55 counselingsessionsareheldintherespectiveschool.SimilarlysouthzoneresidentcounselorconductedcounselingprogramatCSTMundgodfromOct.20to26,2017.Thefollowingtopicsarecoveredduringthevisit,* LifeSkills

* Importanceofcareereducationandplanning* Positiverelationship* Bullying,long&shorttermeffects&howtoface* SelfAwareness* StreamSelection* ExplorationofSelf&Career* Understandingone'sstrengths&weaknesses* Substanceabuse&itsimpact* Study skil l , note taking skil ls and time management.ThisinitiativeisfundedbySOIR-IM&PRM

ParentalCounseling:ParentalcounselingsessionwasheldtoparentsresidinginDarjeeling,Sonada&KalimpongonOct.29,2017&Nov.1&11,2017respectively.ThecounselorMr.ChondhenmadetheparentsawareaboutDOEScholarship,collegeadmissionprocedure,howtodealwithadolescents,childsexualabuse&itslawPOCSOAct2012,roleofparentsinchild's career decision, how to save money for child'seducationetc.HandbookonInstitutionsweredistributedtotheparents.Thisbookcomprisesoflistofbestcollegesand professional institutes in India, list of TibetanInstitutes, DOE Scholarship form, Delhi Universityadmissionform,informationonadmissionprocedure,feestructure of various institutes, information on ban ofragginganddeskhelplinenumber,listoffakeuniversitiesandcontactdetailsofdoecounselingsection.Thisbookhas almost all the information that parents need oncollegeplanning.ThisfundedbySOIR-IM

PrintingofMiddleSchoolCareerbook:Publishedandprinted1500Let'sExploreCareersforthemiddleschoolstudents.Itisahandyandpictorialcareerbook containing A-Z careers with description of theoccupation.Thepurposeistomakethestudentscareerliterate and expand their career vocabulary. It isdistributedtoallschoolsunderCTSA,TCV,THF,STSS,SLF(Nepal)&TNMF.ThisisfundedbySOIR-IM.

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ScholarshipSectionGLIScholarshipforStudyinUnitedStates2018November7,2017The Department of Education (DoE), CTA is happy toannounceGlobalLeadershipIncubator(GLI)Scholarshipto study Undergraduate program in one of theCollege/UniversitiesintheUnitedStates.ApplicationProcess:Please �ill up the application form online and attachnecessarydocumentsasmentionedbelowandsubmitonorbeforeFriday,January12,2018.* AnyTibetanStudentwhohavegraduatedClass XII Board Exam in 2017 with 75% and above (marksheetcopy).* CopyofTOEFLScorewith90andabove.* CopyofRegistrationCerti�icate(RC).* CopyofGreenBookincludingParent’s.* CopyofTravelDocument(IdentityCerti�icate).

CorrespondenceCourseScholarship–2017November15,2017The Department of Education (DoE), CTA is happy toannounce Scholarship for Correspondence Course (CC)forCTAStaff,Teacher,StudentsfromSarah/NorbulingkaInstitute,andotherStudentswhodidnotgetopportunityforfurtherstudiesafter12th.

Quali�ication:AlldocumentuploadedwithonlineformmustbeattestedeitherbyanyCTAof�icer(witharankofJoint-Secretaryandabove)orlocalTibetanSettlementOf�icer.* CopyofRegistrationCerti�icate(RC).* CopyofGreenBookincludingParent’s.* No Objection Certi�icate from 1) Department (Staff from Dharamsala) or Tibetan Settlement Of�icer(StaffservinginlocalTibetanSettlement), 2) Principal/Headmaster of the School for Teacher,3)DirectoroftheInstituteforStudents fromSarah&Norbulingka.OtherStudentsdoes notneedanyNOC.* Copy of Degree/Marks Card for your highest quali�ication.

No.ofScholarship:Allotted75seats for thisscholarshipatannualgrantofRs.10000/-.Pleasenotethatifall75seatsarenottakenbycategories mentioned below, we may allot to openapplications.* Staff–20* Teacher–20* StudentfromSarah&Norbulingka–15* OtherStudent–20

TibetanScholarshipProgram2019The Education Department of the Central TibetanAdministration(CTA)ispleasedtoannouncetheTibetanScholarship Program (TSP), 2019, sponsored by theBureauofEducational&CulturalAffairs(ECA)oftheUSStateDepartment.ItisbeingadministeredjointlybytheTibetFund&theDepartmentofEducation,CTA.Atotalofsix(6)candidatesfromIndiaandone(1)fromNepalwillbeselectedtothisprogram.ApplicationwillbeacceptedfromeligibleTibetanrefugeesresidinginIndiaandNepalfor two-year Master’s Degree programs in the UnitedStates.Application Deadline: Interested applicants areresponsible forsubmittingallapplicationmaterialsandotherrelevantdocumentstotheirrespectivejurisdictionsonorbeforeWednesday;March16,2018by5:00pm.Lateorincompleteapplicationswillnotbeconsideredafterthedeadline.

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