Improving the quality of education is going to take a multi faceted effort - involving quality teacher training, building an exception cadre of Tibetan education leadership and then transforming Tibetan classrooms with education technologies. And right here - transforming Tibetan classrooms is where we feel TCEF can make a vital…...
Tibetan Prayer Flags Project
In the project, the Tibetan children at Kyitsel-ling Tibetan Children’s Education Center ( Kyitsel-ling) will themselves make the prayer flags manually. In doing so, they will be actively engaged in a colorful and fascinating facet of Tibetan culture. And, we believe that this will be hands-on cultural transmission - the…...
2018 Science Lab Project
Science is one of the core subjects studied in this school right from grade 1. However, due to financial constraints, the school has never had a Science Lab and the school administration again requested TCEF’s help. TCEF board member Jennifer Prugh visited the school, saw the need first hand and…...
Teaching Aids for Sambhota School
The Sambhota Tibetan School in Miao in Arunachal Pradesh is located in a remote area. A request was received from the school for funds to procure teaching aids for its pre-primary section. TCEF was able to raise this modest amount primarily through the fundraising effort of sponsor Karen Cooper of…...
Completion Report-English Acquisition Project
Phase 2 of this project involved TCEF board member and Education Consultant, Sara Buckerfield, conducting a workshop for 26 Tibetan teachers on this key issue of English Aquisition in Tibetan Schools in Exile. Sara worked extremely hard to develop content that is both professional and has the potential to immensely…...
Tibetan School, Arunachal Pradesh
The Tibetan school at Miao, Arunachal Pradesh, serves around 300 students. Until recently it was administered by the Central Tibetan Schools Administration (CTSA) - an autonomous body under the central Indian Government. Following a policy decision to hand all Tibetan schools under CTSA to the Tibetan Government in Exile, this…...
2014 English Acquisition Project
ENGLISH ACQUISITION IN TIBETAN SCHOOLS IN EXILE This project will be a collaboration between Tibetan Children’s Education Foundation (TCEF) and the Department of Education (DOE) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Dharamsala, India. The DOE oversees the education of approximately 24,000 Tibetan students attending 74 schools in exile. More information…...