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international level.
We shall promote and conserve important traditional crops, animals and plants under the banner of organic biodiversity promotion program.
We shall ensure capacity development of the organic sector.
We shall upscale Brand Bhutan Initiative, which prioritizes the organic sector.
9.9 Central Schools
e quality of education in our schools
has been the most debated issue. Despite concerted e orts made by the government, quality of education still remains a national concern. With globalization, the education system is expected to produce internationally competent graduates. ere was an urgent need to revisit the education model in the country and it led the PDP government to institute the new system
of central schools in 2015 in the country. e central schools aim to consolidate schools by pooling in resources to ensure that our students get the best education
by providing them the most conducive atmosphere to learn and by providing
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teachers the best platform to teach.
e central schools have been instituted
to address the issue of informal boarding, maintaining right class size and e cient deployment of teachers. An independent review carried out by the School Planning and Coordination Division for central
and autonomous schools say that central and autonomous schools have instilled signi cant good practices compared to non-central schools. e study found that these schools have a strategy in place to strengthen pedagogy and monitoring and support programs with specialized learning programs. As such, the PDP will further expand central schools in the country.
We shall establish a central school in every gewog. Currently there are 63 central schools.
We shall not close down any school. Instead, we shall provide central school facilities to all primary schools.
We shall establish Early Childcare and Development (ECCD) Center in every
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