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PATTERN OF EDUCATION
The pattern of education follows the system of the Central Board of Secondary Education in India. The text books used are those designed by the National Council for Educational Research and Training, New Delhi, and the medium of instruction is English. In addition Tibetan and Hindi are also taught . In accordance with the 10 plus 2 system, which refers to the ten classes comprising primary and secondary education and the two constituting the Senior Secondary School Section, science is compulsory to all students up to the tenth class.
Part of the curriculum in these schools is the teaching of Tibetan music and dance and teachers have been appointed in these subjects. Students are also encouraged to enroll for Tibetan art and handicraft classes as part of their extracurricular activities.
Among the various amenities provided for students are free text books in all subjects throughout their schooling. In addition, students are given free exercise books and stationary items. As part of the socially useful and productive work schemes, students do gardening and develop their own vegetables plots. Emphasis is also made on sports and on proper physical development under the guidance of qualified instructors.
Schools dispensaries in boarding schools have facilities to attend to minor illnesses. More serious cases are referred to government hospitals. But the Council for Tibetan Education, when funds and other facilities allow, tries to provide more regular check -ups, preventive medicines and an appropriate diet and special care for serious cases. In day schools, children are provided with mid -day meals and through the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, New Delhi, at the rate of 0.50 paise per child a day.
School dispensaries in boarding schools have facilities to attend to minor illnesses. More serious cases are referred to government hospitals. But the Council for Tibetan Education, when funds and other facilities allow, tries to provide more regular check-ups, preventive medicines and an appropriate diet and special care for serious cases. In day schools, children are provided with mid -day meals and the fund for these meals is given by the Central Tibetan Schools Administration through the Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, New Delhi, at the rate of 0.50 paise per child a day.
For the pursuit of higher studies, the Central Tibetan Schools Administration annually awards 15 scholarships to meritorious students for a three year degree course. These scholarship include a maintenance allowance of Rs.200/- a month for all 12 months of study, books and stationery allowance of Rs.200/- in the first year and Rs. 100/- per annum in subsequent years as well as a clothing allowance of Rs.300/- in the first year and Rs. 150/- per annum in subsequent years. In addition the Council for Tibetan Education, Tibetan Children 's Village and Tibetan Homes Foundation give scholarships for higher studies including postgraduate studies and vocational training.
The ministry of Education, Government of India, in order to further the cause of education of Tibetan students has reserved seats for them in medical and engineering colleges. Three seats, one each in mechanical, civil and electrical engineering, and two seats in medicine, are reserved annually. So far 14 students are preparing for the M.B.B.S. examination and two are undergoing their internship in medical colleges. Altogether 12 students are studying engineering.
TEXT BOOK COMMITTEE:
While the schools continue to give the children a modern and progressive education, no effort is spared to inculcate in them Tibetan traditions and culture. To achieve this end the Tibetan Text book Committee, formed in 1960, has reviewed its requirements from time to time. With the formation of the 1975 Review Committee made up of Mr. Jhampa Chodak, Geshe Lobsang Gyatso , Geshe Yeshi Nmagyal and Mr. Lobsang Tenzin Rikha, text books up to the level of the eight class have been prepared and work continues on those for the higher classes. A special committee of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) which has 2 Tibetan members decide the content of the text books for the ninth to twelfth classes.
It was imperative that more and more Tibetans be trained to teach the growing number of children. While 304 Indian and 162 Tibetan teachers in Central Tibetan Schools Administration's schools continue to give their valuable help, the number of trained teachers rose steadily at the primary, middle and secondary levels. Special mention should be made here of the 304 Indian teachers, and members of non-teaching Indian staff many of whom have been in Central Tibetan Schools Administration's schools since their inception. They have shown dedication and have served in remote Central Tibetan Schools Administration's schools under very difficult conditions. At the same time, Tibetan language teachers have also been trained, and about 135 are currently working in the schools with notable energy and enthusiasm. Altogether 555 Tibetan teachers have been trained.
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