The visit from Bhutan and Nepal

New experience.

Southern Asians come to visit!  

On the 12th of December a Bhutanese woman Kinley and a Nepalese man Dave came to visit our school. They presented to our class a slideshow mainly about the educational system in Nepal and Bhutan.

Bhutan has organized its education system around the principles of GNH- Gross National Happiness. “Bhutan is still a developing country,” Kinley started off the presentation about how children up to the 1950's could only attend Bhuddist monasteries and in rare cases some could afford to attend private schools. In 2003 the Royal University of Bhutan was founded and an other university of medical science was also founded in 2011.

After a brief talk about school life in Bhutan, Dave took his turn and started with a few facts about Nepal. The new school system is consisted of 12 grades, where a student finishes secondary education at the age of 16. Nepal also provides university studies.Most subjects are thaught in english except for the national language nepali.

“Teachers are leaders, children are to follow their steps,” was Dave's last words.

Marie-Anne Barbe, II.B

On 12th of December we were visited by two guests from Bhutan and Nepal. We learned many interesting things about their countries, such as their religion, food and language. We also heard a lot about their education, which is based heavily on tradition.

If you have the time, definitely look up these countries, as they are very interesting and yet not very well known. The most important is that their educational system is based on the traditional hierarchy where a teacher is still very superior and a real authority and students obey everything he says without hesitation. Students are very hardworking, probably not so independent and confident as students in European countries.

The main difference is in the facilities that their students have available. These can‘t compare with our very developed devices and technology.

Míra Boček, septima