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Menchu of Menchuna: A Hidden Gem in Tobesa, Punakha

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Nestled in the serene village of Menchuna, Tobesa, Punakha, lies the mysterious and historical site of Menchu. As its toponym may suggest, Menchuna is a place where tradition and nature intertwine in fascinating ways. Once renowned for its medicinal hot springs, Menchu has a story that reflects both the resilience of its people and the enduring allure of its natural gifts. Here’s a journey into the intriguing tale of Menchu and its place in the heart of Bhutan. The Legacy of Menchu: A Once-Prominent Hot Spring Menchu was once celebrated as a revered hot spring, its waters believed to hold remarkable healing power with medicinal as well mineral properties. For centuries, the people of Bhutan trekked to Menchuna, as it is ideally situated near traditional Punakha-Thimphu trek trail. The hot springs, with their mineral-rich waters, were a vital source of therapeutic relief, providing solace and healing to countless visitors. The Struggle and the Change However, as is often the case with p
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Why Support doing Away of Cut-Off Point to Study Higher Secondary Education? (Part I)

In gratitude to my Great Druk Gyelpos Had the basic education not been free, I would be tilting mud and chasing oxen without slightest understanding of larger world. Having enjoyed seventeen years of state funded education, I can now tilt the mud and chase oxen peacefully and proudly if I have to.  Sincere gratitude to my Kings for free seven years of education. With the current government and Ministry of Education doing ground work to provide free education up to class XII by doing away with cut-off point benchmarking system, the move is worth the support. From the perspectival lenses of educationist, I would like to justify why we should support this change. 1.Education is Privilege of all Education should not be privilage of only best, bright and rich. It is weak and the poor who need more educational support. Although nothing is wrong with current policy of benchmarking based on grade to qualify students for Higher Secondary studies- considering the past financial s
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Teacher Attraction VS Teacher Attrition

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Gentle tides of ocean attract more beachcombers to beachfront, but this one is Tsunami.  Annual Education Statistics 2018 reveled one of the highest teacher attrition rate of 4.02%, the highest being 5% in year 2010. By liberty of choices and likes, attrition is normal trend of human resource dynamism indicating living nature of an organization, however, by our standard ‘4.02% Teacher Attrition’ is of skyrocketing level which is cause of concern. Of 355 teacher who left the system, 263 resigned voluntarily which calculates to 2.98% of total teachers. This indicates that 263 teachers had been thinking of resigning from education system almost every day and in every session s/he taught. This may not sound logical conclusion but it is likely conclusion.  On average, from the available data of past ten years around 2.32% of teacher resigned voluntarily. Thus, it may not be wrong to predict that at least 2.32% of teachers will think (consciously/sub-consciously) of leaving the teachi
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