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A Teacher recalls Drukgyal Zhipa’s educational legacy…

ཟླ་༡༡ 11, 2025 6 mins read
A Teacher recalls Drukgyal Zhipa’s educational legacy…

He presided over the largest classroom in the world - 38,394 square kilometres in size. His pupils numbered in excess of half a million. His plan objectives interwove the past, the present and the future. It dwelt on the identity of a people and the sovereignty of a nation. King of one land, sublime lover of all lands - His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuk has been an educator of an extraordinary ord

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