Dharamshala: In line with the four guiding principles espoused in the Basic Education Policy for Tibetans in Exile, the Department of Education, CTA has published 44 reading materials for children from 2019 end to 2020.
Under the Tibetan Early Grade Reading (TEGR) Program, DOE has translated and published a total of 20 children’s books in 2019 and 2020. In addition, 5 new children’s books were published in 2019 end.
Many other works of writers from outside the CTA has been published as well. Read the details here.
All the reading materials and children’s storybooks are being distributed in libraries, classrooms and hostels across Tibetan schools in India and Nepal.
With this, the Department of Education marks the completion of its annual children’s publication project of 2019 – 2020, despite the unprecedented challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Starting July 2020, the Department of Education is set to initiate another publications project aimed for benefiting the students of middle school or higher. Over 60 projects will be published as part of this project.