Students learning without understanding

Curricula of the country’s education system need a major overhaul if findings of the recently released Bhutan PISA-D national report are any to go by.

The report calls for strengthening and enhancing competency based activities and assessment in curriculum and recommends teacher-training colleges to incorporate competency-based teaching and learning modules in pre-service training programme.

Mangdechhu project spins a turbine

The testing of the first generating unit of the Mangdechhu hydropower...

ADB to support health facilities manage waste in eight dzongkhags 

To manage waste effectively, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) would support...

Works to chart mineral resource development plan begin soon

Works to chart the mineral resources development plan, a critical component...

Lone waste firm in Mongar struggles to sustain

While there is mounting waste generation in Mongar, the lone waste...

Shopkeepers seek alternative to plastic bags

With just a day left for the reinforcement of the nationwide...

Nu 55M for hospitality and entertainment?

Former cabinet ministers, National Assembly Speaker, National Council chairperson, Opposition Leader...

The economics of waste

The country’s economy is not only vulnerable to shocks but is...

Waste encroaching agriculture land

Fresh and cool, it begins from the foothills of Dochula, the...

Four decades in trash business

In 1976, Kezang Norbu took a decision that his friends that...

Plastic ban confusing people, says minister 

While the ban on the plastic carry bags, doma wrappers, and...

Waste in the name of religion?

The year of the Pig is not good for Ugyen. The...

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