Dharamshala: The Terminology Desk of the Department of Education, CTA organised a five-day meeting of the High-Level Standardising Board from 20–24 July.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss and standardise Tibetan terminology for applications in Administration, Law, Politics, Technology, and Environment.
The meeting successfully finalised over 500 standardised Tibetan terminology for the listed applications. This is the 25th meeting of Board and Education Kalon Dr. Pema Yangchen presided over the meeting and raised the essential need for the continuity of the board meeting in order to aid in the preservation of Tibetan language and cultural heritage.
The Terminology section of the Department of Education was first instituted under the leadership of the 13th Kashag in 2006. Since then, the Tibetan Terminology Project has finalised and produced 13 volumes of Glossary of Tibetan Standardised Terms.