Monday, December 24, 2012

Sherig Century Celebrations (2nd May 2012 - 2nd May 2013)


The present citizens of our country are so fortunate that we get to reflect and appreciate the milestones of the education system of our country.  On other normal days, many would have seen and many would not have seen many wonderful sides of education. Today is the right day for everyone to fix its eyesight on education and feast on the achievements of education.
Since the introduction of modern education in 1913 at Haa, our education system has successfully completed its journey of hundred years. The beginning, as we can imagine, may not have been smooth, conducive, friendly and nowhere near our present system. Lots of physical and mental energy would have been demanded, countless sacrifices would have been made, and numerous innovations must have been put and lot more energy would have been wasted. Still, our visionaries, great forefathers who did not mind sacrificing everything they had for our comfort, were not deterred by the demand of hardship. They went ahead with their plan of building beautiful shelter for the present generations to get in rough and come out polished.
As we jubilate in celebrating august Sherig Century, I like to wholeheartedly thank Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuk, late First Monarch, for sowing the seed of first ever modern education in our country. The presence of present education systems in all twenty dzongkhags are the sweet fruits of first seed sown. I also thank everyone involved in nurturing education system throughout the long tedious journey since the inception till this time. We feel proud to see our education system at the equal elevation and meeting the international standards.
In these hundred years, our education did not remain static. It has undergone lots of changes, shaped thousands of leaders, produced countless of quality workforce and given us the status of an independent nation. Today, alongside the celebration of hundred years of modern education, I also see it apt to celebrate success of our education for the last hundred years. It is also time to honour the diligence and tolerance of our great nobles and visionary ancestors.
Our dzongkhag and I have already joined the nation in celebrating the Sherig Century since May 2, 2012. With unparallel jubilations at heart, numerous programmes have been conducted across all schools coordinated by dzongkhag headquarter. Some prominent programmes are:
1.       Joint celebration of May 2, 2012 at Baylling HSS where ‘Certificate of Recognition’ was awarded to 32 teachers who have faithfully completed 20 years of their teaching career;
2.       Science exhibition on May 2, 2012 at Baylling HSS by students of Baylling HSS and Tsenkharla MSS;
3.       Launch of website by Baylling HSS in honour of Sherig Century;
4.       Construction of shrine for Jampelyang statue at Baylling HSS;
5.       Conduct of Inter-school Games and Sports, Cultural items and Literary Porgrammes at Baylling HSS;
6.       Release of Magazines titled “Echoes of Tributes” by Trashiyangtse LSS, e-magazine and News letter by Baylling HSS;
7.       Collection of old shoes and clothes from affordable persons and distributing it to needy persons in the villages by Trashiyangtse LSS;
8.       Organize one day open knock-out Khuru tournament by Tsenkharla MSS and Bumdeling LSS;
9.       Conduct of one day knock-out volleyball matches for teachers of Trashiyangtse dzongkhag on 3rd November 2012 under the auspices of  Dzongkhag Education Sector;    
10.   Award of certificates to the toppers of classes III, VI and VIII on December 17,2012;
In the bigger celebration, during our participation in the culmination of Sherig Century Celebration at Haa, we wish to present the following:
1.       Display of school magazines;
2.       Display of photographs of different activities undertaken in different schools as part of Sherig Century Celebrations;
3.       Profile of different schools under Trashiyangtse Dzongkhag;
4.       Display of some antique items found in some schools;
5.       Display of handmade items by the vocational students of Baylling HSS;
6.       Display of school albums.
The abovementioned programmes are too less in comparison to the celebration of grandeur. However, the things that I have mentioned above are not exhaustive. We still have lots of occasions to come together to pray and celebrate the success of our education in the academic session 2013. 
 We pledge our loyalty and dedication for the continuous growth of our education system. Whatever programmes we have conducted and whatever programmes that are left with us to conduct, I represent the education fraternity of Trashiyangtse to assure that we will do it with sincere prayer, from deep within our heart, for the success of education system for thousands of years to come.                

No comments:

Post a Comment