Kalon Tripa inaugurates the first model school
Tuesday, 11 October 2005, 11:00
Dharamshala: Kalon Tripa Prof Samdong Rinpoche inaugurated yesterday the first model school for Tibetans in exile based on the new education policy.
The inaugural ceremony was attended by all four Kalons of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Secretary of the education department and heads of other Tibetan schools.
Kalon Tripa addressed the function and on behalf of the Kashag, he congratulated the Department of Education (DOE) for the successful establishment of the first model school based the new basic education policy.
“Though this new education policy was initiated lately and took long time, yet we are glad for its implementation before the expiry of incumbent Kashag’s term. As the old adage goes better late than never”, Kalon Tripa said.
He said that perhaps some people may form preconception that the new education policy is confined only to learning the Tibetan language and ignoring modern education. “And this is a misconception”, he added.
“Both the modern education and our traditional education are important, yet the traditional education is the ultimate choice between the two because modern education alone can not complement both where as our traditional education can complement both and fill the vacuum of latter”.
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