PETOEN

The school was inaugurated by Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdong Rinpoche. The inaugural ceremony was attended by all four the Kalons, members of Tibetan Parliament in Exile and Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission, the Secretary of the DOE and heads of Tibetan schools in and around Dharamsala. In his inaugural speech Kalon Tripa congratulated the Department of Education (DOE) for the successful establishment of the first Petoen school based on the Basic Education Policy, and said that both modern education and our traditional education are important, yet the traditional education is the ultimate choice for the preservation of our culture and Tibetan identity... Mewoen Tsuglak Petoen School The Department of Education of the CTA has established this school as a model school for the implementation of Basic Education Policy for Tibetans in exile on 10th October, 2005. The school endeavors to follow and practise the policy not only for teaching-learning purposes but also to give holistic education..