DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Education, CTA awarded 383 scholarships for various Undergrad courses, including medical and engineering, teacher’s training, research and professional courses, foreign languages, Tibetan language, literature and medical studies and various vocational courses.

In a separate scholarship distribution, the students from poor financial background (Nyamthak) and the students with consistent record of good conduct in the school have been awarded special scholarships with the generous grant from Gadhen Phodrang Trust. The lowest recipient of scholarship under this category is 46.4% while the cut off for general category is 60%.

To help enhance scholastic accomplishments, professional careers and skills, DoE has allocated, 50 scholarships this year, for our teachers, CTA staff and youths, who have not been able to  pursue higher studies, to take up Correspondence Course from recognized Indian university/institution. Please refer to our separate announcement for details.

The Scholarship Committee meeting was held on 19th June, 2014 and chaired by Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay / Kalon In charge for Education.

The Scholarship Committee also allocated 112 scholarships for Masters, 7 for M.Phil and 5 for Ph.D courses, which will be awarded in September this year. Thus a total of 507 scholarships will be distributed by DoE in 2014.

Dr. Renu Pant, Education Officer,  CTSA also attended the early part of the meeting during which the Committee selected  top  15 students for CTSA Merit scholarship for Degree and 5 for vocational courses.  Reserved seats/scholarships for Engineering and Technical courses were also awarded.

From the table/chart above, it can be seen that the number of scholarships provided in recent years has registered an upward trend, indicating more students have gotten opportunities to pursue their dream of higher education. This is due mainly to the generosity of various individuals and aid organizations including USAID/Tibet Fund , Tibetan Associations in India and Abroad, and numerous others who have responded to the “call of 14th Kashag, in recognizing Education, as its top domestic priority.”

“We would like to take this opportunity to  thank all who helped us in our efforts and also, like to congratulate the students and parents and express our deep appreciations to the DoE staff, teachers, and community as a whole, in putting in lot of efforts to  provide quality education for our children,”  remarks DoE Secretaries.