A dilemma facing trained teachers
February 23rd, 2019
For the 200-something trained teachers waiting for jobs, the Royal University of Bhutan’s recent announcement to take in an equivalent number for the two teacher-training colleges must have hit like unpalatable joke on their misery. The question they might be asking is why train more teachers when they are not recruited. At a glance, it seems like a double irony – to train more when the trained […]
An occasion to reflect on
February 21st, 2019
As Bhutan celebrates the birth anniversary of His Majesty The Druk...
Of realities
February 20th, 2019
Mired in delays, designed or otherwise and geological surprises, something is...
The purpose of salary revision
February 19th, 2019
As pay commission members seek feedback and hold rounds of consultations,...
A bureaucratic gridlock?
February 18th, 2019
Stories of hardships facing the Bhutanese youth in Japan who went...
Keep vagrant animals off the city roads
February 16th, 2019
They are not everywhere all of the time, of course, but...
Unfinished business
February 15th, 2019
After getting accustomed to delayed projects, we have now begun to...
Rising vehicle numbers: what options do we have?
February 13th, 2019
Premise: As vehicle numbers continue to grow, leading to increasing congestion...
Gap between policy makers and academics
February 12th, 2019
Most government decisions are based on intuition and assumptions and less...
Resort to dignified and meaningful engagement
February 11th, 2019
The recent war of words on facebook between the Chairman of...
The Economics problem
February 9th, 2019
With the country caught up in the cut-off point discussions, little...
Dignify the jobs, there will be takers
February 8th, 2019
The Opposition has said that the government must do more to...