His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurates school for underprivileged children of Ladakh[Tuesday, 18 August 2009, 3:50 p.m.]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama wearing a nomadic hat poses with the staff members and schoolchildren of Jamyang School in Leh on 14 August 2009/Photo: Tashi Morup, Phayul

Dharamshala: His
Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurated a school for the underprivileged
children from remote and isolated areas of Ladakh region such as
Zanskar, Kargil and Nubra valley on 14 August, Asian News International (ANI) reported.The
Jamyang School – built with support from His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s
Charitable Trust and managed by Nalanda Dharma Centre, Leh – will
impart education in both Tibetan Buddhism and modern sciences to these
children.His Holiness the Dalai Lama advised the school administration to provide children with modern education and Tibetan Buddhism.“Children
from remote areas, who are deprived of basic education… representatives
of our board and representatives of those remote areas and Director of
Jamyang School visit these areas and then select children accordingly
and grant them admission in our school,” Tshering Sonam, Secretary,
Jamyang School, Leh was as saying by ANI.The first batches of students enrolled at the school are from Drogpa or the nomadic tribe of Da-Hanu area in Ladakh.The
school, with classes up to the fifth standard also has hostel
facilities. Around 60 underprivileged students have taken admission at
the school at present.