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Education ministers from the eight SAARC member nations met in Sri Lanka for the first meeting of the SAARC Ministers of Education this week.
Addressing the meeting, Bhutan’s education minister Lyonpo Thakur Singh Powdyel said that conference is important as education is the single most powerful instrument for the empowerment and development of the people.
Lyonpo Thakur said that South Asia is home to more than 20% of the world’s youth and one sixth of the world’s total population.
The education minister said that Bhutan is excited about the advent of the South Asian University as it will put the region back on the intellectual orbit.
Lyonpo added that with the advent of democracy in Bhutan, education is called upon to enlighten and empower the people to internalize the essentials of this new system and become its keepers and its custodians.
The meeting also deliberated on re-shaping and re-modeling higher education policies in South Asia to increase youth employment and to meet the needs of the 21st century.
Source: BBS
Addressing the meeting, Bhutan’s education minister Lyonpo Thakur Singh Powdyel said that conference is important as education is the single most powerful instrument for the empowerment and development of the people.
Lyonpo Thakur said that South Asia is home to more than 20% of the world’s youth and one sixth of the world’s total population.
The education minister said that Bhutan is excited about the advent of the South Asian University as it will put the region back on the intellectual orbit.
Lyonpo added that with the advent of democracy in Bhutan, education is called upon to enlighten and empower the people to internalize the essentials of this new system and become its keepers and its custodians.
The meeting also deliberated on re-shaping and re-modeling higher education policies in South Asia to increase youth employment and to meet the needs of the 21st century.
Source: BBS
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