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Bhutan Education |
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Three-term
academic system
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According
to the CAPSD joint director, Karma Yeshey, the change in the academic
session was initiated to increase the "actual instructional time",
which was currently far shorter than schools in other countries.
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School results
"Schools
in Bhutan had fewer than 180 days actual teaching time," he told. Schools
in Europe, America and even East Asia had a minimum 160 instructional days
at the kindergarten and primary level, while it extended to even 220 in
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The three-term
system will give students 180 days of actual teaching time excluding
government holidays and term breaks, he added. Students tended to forget
what they have learnt when they remain idle during long breaks.
The
school liaison and coordination officer, Kaka Tshering, said that students
performed comparatively better during the three-term system in the 1980s.
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"More co-curricular activities introduced in the school is taking a chunk
of the teaching time," he added.
According
to CAPSD, with the three-term system, spring and summer term examinations will not be held as in the past, but schools will conduct smaller tests
spread through the term. Boarding schools will keep their hostels
open during the term breaks to enable students from far away places to
utilize school facilities during the term break. The frequent breaks are
also expected to handle teacher burnout and give them time to attend seminars
and workshops, not disturbing their instructional time.
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School
in Haa
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New
academic session from 2005
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Spring |
Summer |
Autums |
Start:
February 20, 2005
End:
June 10, 2005 |
Start:
June 21, 2005
End:
September 10, 2005 |
Start:
September 21, 2005
End:
December 18, 2005 |
Laya,
Lingshi, and Lunana
Start:
April, 2005
End:
mid-November, 2005 |
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Merak
and Sakten
Start:
mid-March, 2005
End:
mid-November, 2005 |
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Exceptions |
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December 19, 2005 two-month winter vacation |
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The
new term will apply to all schools in the country with an exception of
those in the high altitude areas.
For
schools in Laya, Lingshi, and Lunana, school starts in April and will continue
until mid-November.
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Schools
in Merak and Sakten will begin by middle of March and close in mid-November.
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new academic session, from 2005, will start on February 20 and end on June
10 for a nine-day break. The summer session will start on June 21 and will
continue until September 10. The autumn session will start from September
21 to December 18 and then close for a two-month winter vacation.
The
new term will apply to all schools in the country with an exception of
those in the high altitude areas. For schools in Laya, Lingshi, and Lunana,
school starts in April and will continue until mid-November. |
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Schools in
Merak and Sakten will begin by middle of March and close in mid-November.
The
new academic session, from 2005, will start on February 20 and end on June
10 for a nine-day break. The summer session will start on June 21 and will
continue until September 10. The autumn session will start from September
21 to December 18 and then close for a two-month winter vacation.
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New
school system postponed
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academic system in Bhutanese schools, scheduled to start in February,
2004, has been postponed to 2005, according to the education ministry.
A spokesman for the ministry explained that the postponement was done to
allow schools in the southern dzongkhags affected by the security problem
to prepare for the change.
Schools
in the three dzongkhags of Samdrup Jongkhar, Sarpang, and parts of Zhemgang
are likely to be affected if the security problem is prolonged. |
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| Contributed
by Ugyen Penjor , KUENSEL, Bhutan's National Newspaper |
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