1. What are the Department of Education’s primary objectives?2. When was the Department of Education set up?3. What does tcewf stand for?4. Is the Department of Education a registered organization?5. What are the DoE’s organizational functions?6. What are the DoE’s activities?7. How does the DoE’s sponsorship program work?8. How can one help a child or a group of child?9. Can I directly contact my sponsored child?10. How can I send contributions; in cash or kind to the Department?11. How does the DoE’s scholarship program work?12. What publications do the DoE have?13. What are the primary objectives of the DoE’s publications?14. How can I receive or subscribe to the DoE’s publications?15. What is the literacy rate of Tibetans in exile?16. Does the Tibetan schools have its own syllabus for children?17. How is Tibetan culture and identity transmitted to the children in the Tibetan schools?18. How can I contribute towards Tibetan education in the Tibetan 19. community in exile?19. How can I find a particular Tibetan school in India, Nepal or Bhutan?20. How many Tibetan schools are there in exile?21. Can I teach in a Tibetan school as a Volunteer while bearing all expenses?22. How can I contact the DoE?23. How can I contact the developers of this site?24. If I wish to offer free server hosting facility as a gift for this site, who should I contact?25. If I wish to provide my web designing expertise for free, who should I contact?
What are the Department of Education’s primary objectives?
- To oversee the educational needs and welfare of the Tibetan children in exile.
- To provide primary education for every Tibetan refugee child in order to achieve 100% literacy among the Tibetan refugee community.
- To inculcate values of personal integrity and universal responsibility.
- To develop modern scientific and technical education and skills, while preserving and promoting Tibetan language and culture.
- To address human resource requirements of the Tibetan community in exile and a future free Tibet.
When was the Department of Education set up?The Department of Education was incepted in the year 1960.
What does tcewf stand for?TCEWF stand for Tibetan Children’s Educational and Welfare Fund, which is the registered society of the Department of Education.
Is the Department of Education a registered organization?
Yes, as the Tibetan Children’s Educational and Welfare Fund (tcewf) and under the following:
- The societies registration act of 1860.
- The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act.
- The certificate of Importer-Exporter.
Our bankers are:
- United Commercial Bank (UCO)
- State Bank of India (SBI)
What are the DoE’s organizational functions?To provide our young people with adequate care, appropriate educational foundation and opportunity for higher study, the DOE continually assesses the educational and human resource requirements of our communities in exile. According to these needs, the DOE performs a wide variety of functions. Such functions include but are not limited to the following:
- Providing administrative guidance in overseeing schools.
- Coordinating Sponsorship and Scholarship programs for higher studies.
- Creating new schools, teacher training centers and institutions while improving existing ones.
- Recruiting teachers and arranging in-service training for them.
- Running an employment and placement bureau.
- Continual research, planning and development.
- Reviewing and supplying text books and other required resource materials.
- Providing necessary buildings and constructions.
- Raising and appropriating funds.
What are the DoE’s activities?Sponsorship Program:
The Department of Education firmly believes that every Tibetan child living in exile should be given the opportunity to receive a school education. Although each family is encouraged to pay required school fees, due to various hardships, many of them are unable to afford their child’s education. Our community contributes where it can and the Government of India provides generous assistance through subsidies, but without additional support, some families are unable to secure an education for their children. Therefore, the DOE facilitates finding sponsors for them.
Scholarship Program:
Of the youth that graduate from our schools every year, approximately one-third are provided with scholarships for higher education and vocational courses. Our aspiration is to help provide all students with the chance to pursue advance study, while helping them to gain the necessary human resource skills required by exiled communities and in Tibet when we return.
Educational Research, Planning & Development: Tibetan exile education is a continual process of developing new ways and systems to express and promote our social, cultural and national identity while meeting the challenges of the time. While great strides have been made in providing a school education for every Tibetan refugee child, we aspire to expand existing programs and create new ones in areas of need such as, career planning, adult education, vocational training, and job placement. To continually assess school and community needs, the DOE conducts relevant research as the basis of its planning, curriculum and human resource development. The following are DOE projects whose aims are to broaden and enhance the scope, effectiveness and relevancy of Tibetan education.1. Tibetan National Education Policy Development,2. Human Resource Development,3. Teacher Training Development,4. Educational Infrastructure,5. Buildings & Construction & Resource Development.
How does the DoE’s sponsorship program work?Sponsorship Program: The Department of Education firmly believes that every Tibetan child living in exile should be given the opportunity to receive a school education. Although each family is encouraged to pay required school fees, due to various hardships, many of them are unable to afford their child’s education. Our community contributes where it can and the Government of India provides generous assistance through subsidies, but without additional support, some families are unable to secure an education for their children. Therefore, the DOE facilitates finding sponsors for them.
In 1975, the Sponsorship Program was established to enable sympathetic individuals and agencies to assist our school-aged children to attain an education. With this support, the Tibetan education movement has continued to progress with each passing year, for which we are deeply grateful.
Selection: In settlements throughout India, Nepal and Bhutan, the most needy children are selected on the recommendation of the local Tibetan Settlement Office, who is in daily contact with the local community and is responsible for their general welfare. Recommendations, background details and photos of the child are screened for authenticity and are then sent to prospective sponsors.
Provisions Sponsorship enables poor children to attend a residential school, or a day school while awaiting a vacancy in a residential school. Not only does sponsorship funds pay school fees, it also provides the child with adequate food, clothing, school uniform, necessary books and stationery.
How can one help a child or a group of child?The sponsorship selections of children are normally done on the basis of recommendations put forth by the Settlement Officers and Regional Tibetan Freedom Movement Offices. Cases, which are genuine, will remain in the waiting list until the sponsor for a child is found. Your wish to sponsor a child will thus be drawn from this waiting list although you will be initially send a case history of children on this list.
Can I directly contact my sponsored child?Not under our present guidelines. This is primarily to avoid unwanted administrative problems for us and pressure on our sponsors. Do contact us at [email protected] for more details. Please check us out at our sponsorships page for more details.
How can I send contributions; in cash or kind to the Department?Yes, we welcome all contributions whether in cash or kind. We will send an official receipt as promptly as we can and send an implementation report if you so desire.Our Bankers are:
- United Commercial Bank, Dharamsala, India
- State Bank of India, Dharamsala, India
Also, please check us out at sponsorships page.
How does the DoE’s scholarship program work?All scholarships offered through DoE are granted after the consideration, verification and collective decisions of two different committees. First, the DoE Scholarship Committee, chaired by the Education Secretary and comprised of seven other responsible staff members of DoE, handles scholarship awards for studies within India. Second, the High Level Scholarship Committee(HLSC), chaired by the Senior Kalon (representative of the Cabinet) and comprised of the Education Minister, the Education Secretary and five other Department secretaries, deals with scholarship awards for studies abroad. The previous community service and excellent academic background of an applicant are frequently the standards for consideration of both the Committees.
What publications do the DoE have?Please click here for more detail.
What are the primary objectives of the DoE’s publications?The DoE publications are primarily meant to provide informative illustrative textbooks, storybooks, resource books, dictionaries, magazines etc to meet the ever-increasing high demand for quality publications for Tibetan schools.
How can I receive or subscribe to the DoE’s publications?Contact us at: Secretary,Department of Education,Central Tibetan Administration,Gangchen Kyishong,Dharamsala – 176215
Himachal Pradesh,
INDIA
Tel: 91-01892-22721/22572
Fax: 91-01892-23481
Email: [email protected]
What is the literacy rate of Tibetans in exile?About 82.4 % as per the 2009 Demographic Survey of Tibetans in Exile undertaken by Planning Commission of Central Tibetan Administraiton.
Does the Tibetan schools have its own syllabus for children?The Tibetan schools have their entire Tibetan language Textbook for all grades developed and printed by the Department. For up to class V all non-language textbooks are developed and printed by the Department and its affiliate bodies. For Grades VI onwards the syllabus prescribed by the NCERT for all Indian schools is followed in Tibetan schools based in India while the host nations syllabus is followed in Nepal and Bhutan.
How is Tibetan culture and identity transmitted in the Tibetan schools?The transmission of our rich culture to the younger generation is one of the most important aims of schooling in exile. As such, by far the most important co-curricular activity is the Tibetan cultural activities. Most of the schools have one or more Tibetan dance and drama teachers. All the residential schools have cultural instructors. Inter House and Inter school competitions in Tibetan cultural activities are often the highlight of many school calendars. Some of the activities encouraged in the Tibetan schools:
- Special talks on religion and other festivals of Tibet.
- Performance of folk items on important occasions.
- Debates and quizzes on various aspect of Tibet and Tibetan culture.
- Cultural exhibitions.
- Cultural exchange programs between different schools.
- Tibetan dance and drama competitions.
- Tibet: our Country Project.
- Observance of all traditional Tibetan festivals.
Over and the above, the Department has introduced Tibetan as a medium of instruction in all the primary schools along with Tibetan textbooks in all these grades.
How can I contribute towards Tibetan education in the Tibetan community in exile?
- Through contributions to our various funds.
- Through contribution in kind which could include new or used clothing, computer items, toys and books (preferably new). Please send us a mail for more information before you decide to send us anything primarily for queries on customs clearance and postage and handling expenses.
- Through voluntary service of extended periods (minimum one year) on numerous projects under various fields though preferably in technical areas like computers and publishing work (especially at the Department).
We also require voluntary trained teachers for our schools but for a minimum period of one academic year. Please refer to point # 23 also.
How can I find a particular Tibetan school in India, Nepal or Bhutan?Please check us out at The schools section for more details.
How many Tibetan schools are there in exile?80 Tibetan schools in India, Nepal and Bhutan. Please check us out at The schools section for more details.
Can I teach in a Tibetan school as a Volunteer while bearing all expenses?Normally not for short duration’s due to administrative difficulties. However, we consider volunteer applicants for teaching English, Science, Math’s, Computers etc. provided they fulfill to the following conditions:
- Will agree to volunteer for a minimum period of one whole academic year viz., 1st July to 30th June. (they will get two months break viz.; January and February for schools in higher regions and May and June for schools in lower regions.)
- Will bear their own boarding and lodging expenses though some of the residential schools could provide these for free.
How can I contact the Department?You can call us or e-mail us: Tel: 91-01892-22721/22572
Fax: 91-01892-23481
Email: [email protected]
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