The Gangkyi Day School was started in 1975 and managed by the Tibetan Children's Village. In 1978 the management was transfered to Council for Tibetan Education.

Since its inception, the school has received generous support from the relief organisation IM of Sweden, which gives a regular grant for the running expenses. The 105 pupils are mostly the children of Central Tibetan Administration staff members and local Tibetans along with some Indian children and children of foreign students studying at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives.