Dharamshala: The Department of Education, Central Tibetan Administration, organised a five-day review meeting of Tibetan textbooks for class 8 from 26 – 30 October.
The meeting was formally scheduled to be held in June but was delayed due to the COVID situation.
The meeting was attended by Sonam Sangpo, Head of the Education Council, Ngodup Tenpa, head of traditional academic section, Gedun Dhonyoe, Tashi Dorjee of Department of Education, Anam Soepa from Sarha College, Mingchung from Upper TCV, Mingchung from Upper TCV, Ngawang Jimpa from Lower TCV.
The textbooks being finalised were drafted as per the Basic Education Policy of the Central Tibetan Administration.
The finalised textbooks will be incorporated in the syllabus and distributed in Tibetan schools by 2021.
The review and standardisation project was funded by DANIA.