Problems

There is only one Tibetan school in the Dzongsa region . Children from nomadic families and the most impoverished families attend the school. The medium of instruction is Tibetan and only a few subjects are taught :

There are only 2 teachers for 111 pupils

The medium of instruction is Tibetan but there are hardly any books and other resources in the school

 The school building is run down and it is dangerous to hold classes there. When the weather is good , classes are held in a tent, otherwise there is no class. Dzongsar is approx. 4000metres above sea level.

 Renovating the school building hosted in the monastery would be too expensive and not adequate as there is little light, the classroom is small and there are no facilities (toilets, water etc)

 Risks

If the primary school is not rebuilt adequately for the needs of the children, the chidren will have no education and no future. They will have no opportunity to play a part in the unavoidable economic development of the region in the coming years.

 Needs

 Building a new primary school : 5 classrooms ; a kitchen with water ; a furnished dining hall with heating ; toilets that comply with required necessary standards of sanitation

 Providing elementary pedagogic resources. The resources will help to learn Tibetan but also Chinese, which is essential for social integration

 Increasing the number of qualified teachers and  of subjects taught in order to help more-abled children to continue their studies after primary schooling

 Ensuring that children who travel far to get to school receive  a balanced diet and are provided with a safe environment

Terrain to build

In charge of the local population

Building the new school with 5 classrooms (Traditional local building /Wood )

100 000 RMB

Construction of building

In charge of the local population

Building a kitchen and a dinning room

In a second step

Equipping the dinning room

In a second step

Equipping the kitchen

In a second step

Equipping the classrooms (Desks, benches, blackboard etc...) 5 classrooms /150 students

12 000 RMB

Toilet (as local making in a first step)

5 000 RMB

Yak Dung Ofen (Heater) 5X 60 RMB

300 RMB

Educational equipment (books, notebooks etc…)

10 000 RMB

3 teachers (1 more than at the moment)

In charge of the Dzongsar monastery

2 teachers more (Chinese and Tibetan)

24 000 RMB by teacher / year

Management of the Tibetan school

In charge of the Dzongsar monastery