Kanglung Gewog

Gedu College of Business Studies

Gedu College of Business Studies (GCBS) is a constituent college of the Royal University of Bhutan located at Gedu in Chukha dzongkhag at an altitude of around 2,500 metres. It was established in 2008 in former buildings of the Tala Hydropower Project township and is the principal undergraduate business school in the country.

Trashigang District

Trashigang District (Dzongkha: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་ཁག) is the largest and most populous district in eastern Bhutan, serving as the political and commercial centre of the eastern region. Home to the historic Trashigang Dzong and a diverse population including the Sharchop people, it is known for its rich cultural traditions, weaving heritage, and dramatic mountain landscapes.

Trashigang Town

Trashigang Town is the administrative headquarters of Trashigang District and the largest town in eastern Bhutan. Perched on a hillside above the Drangme Chhu river at an elevation of about 1,100 meters, it serves as the commercial, educational, and administrative hub for the most populous district in eastern Bhutan.

Mongar Town

Mongar Town is the administrative headquarters of Mongar District in eastern Bhutan and one of the most important commercial centers in the region. Situated at an elevation of approximately 1,600 meters on a sloping ridge, the town serves as a transit hub for travelers between Bumthang and Trashigang along the lateral highway.

Royal University of Bhutan

The Royal University of Bhutan (RUB) is the only public university in Bhutan, established by royal charter in 2003. It operates as a federated institution comprising ten constituent colleges spread across the country, offering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in education, engineering, natural sciences, business, traditional medicine, and the humanities.

Sherubtse College

Sherubtse College in Kanglung, Trashigang is Bhutan's oldest institution of higher education. Founded as a public school in 1968 when the Third King laid its foundation stone in 1966, it became a constituent college of the Royal University of Bhutan in 2003 and remains the anchor of higher education in eastern Bhutan.

Kanglung

A small town in Trashigang District, eastern Bhutan, at approximately 1,930 metres elevation, home to Sherubtse College — the country's oldest institution of higher education.

History of Education in Bhutan

The history of education in Bhutan traces a transformation from exclusively monastic learning to a modern secular school system. The first modern school was established in Haa in 1914, and Canadian Jesuit Father William Mackey played a pivotal role in expanding secondary and higher education from the 1960s onward. The Royal University of Bhutan, established in 2003, is the country's first university.

Trashigang

Trashigang ("The Jewel Fortress") is the largest district in eastern Bhutan and home to the commercial hub of the eastern region. Centred on the historic Trashigang Dzong, built in 1659, the area encompasses 15 gewogs, Sherubtse College, and culturally significant communities including Radhi and Merak-Sakteng.

Project DANTAK

Project DANTAK is an overseas project of India's Border Roads Organisation (BRO) established on 24 April 1961 under an agreement between King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Over six decades, DANTAK has constructed more than 1,600 kilometres of roads, 5,000 metres of bridges, and major infrastructure including Paro Airport and Sherubtse College, forming the backbone of Bhutan's modern transport network at the cost of over 1,200 personnel lives.

Kezang Dorji (Rapper)

Kezang Dorji (born 22 October 1989) is a Bhutanese rapper, social activist, and entrepreneur widely regarded as the pioneer of Bhutanese rap music. He was the first Bhutanese solo artist to undertake a national tour and the first to perform in all 20 dzongkhags (districts) of Bhutan. His patriotic lyrics urge youth to vote, serve the nation, and avoid substance abuse.

Pema Chewang

Dasho Pema Chewang (born c. 1967) is a Bhutanese politician and former civil servant who founded the Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP) in November 2022. He served as Secretary of the National Land Commission and completed a 32-year career in the Bhutanese civil service before entering politics. He became Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly following the January 2024 general election.

Modernisation of Education in Bhutan

The introduction of modern secular education in Bhutan from 1961 onwards represents one of the most rapid educational transformations in Asian history, taking the country from near-zero literacy and no secular schools to near-universal primary enrolment within a single generation.

Literacy in Bhutan

Bhutan's adult literacy rate reached 72.1% by 2022, rising from male literacy of 79.2% and female literacy of 63.9%—a 15-point gender gap that is narrowing. The transformation from under 10% literacy in the 1960s within two generations is one of South Asia's most dramatic educational achievements.

Bhutan's Stray Dog Crisis

Bhutan's stray dog crisis, rooted in the tension between Buddhist non-violence principles and public health imperatives, led to decades of human-animal conflict before a landmark national sterilization program in 2021-2023 made Bhutan the first country to achieve 100 percent sterilization of its free-roaming dog population.

First Modern Schools in Bhutan

Modern secular education in Bhutan began in 1914 with the establishment of the first school in Haa under the First King, and expanded rapidly from 1961 onwards under the Third King's development plans — transforming a society with virtually no secular literacy into one with near-universal primary schooling within two generations.

National Dog Population Management and Rabies Control Programme

Bhutan became the first country in the world to sterilise and vaccinate its entire free-roaming dog population, completing the Nationwide Accelerated Dog Population Management and Rabies Control Programme (NADPM & RCP) in October 2023 after a 14-year effort involving Humane Society International, the RSPCA Bhutan, and over 11,000 volunteers.