The Department of Education’s Scholarship Section and the Counselling Section, jointly organised a virtual awareness session to school-based counselors, on the recently announced new scholarship scheme to be implemented from 2023 onwards. 16 counselors from Tibetan Children’s Village, Sambhota Tibetan School Society and Tibetan Homes Foundation, along with staffs of the Department of Education, actively partook in the morning half-day session.

The session aimed to introduce the new amendments to the Department of Education’s scholarship rules to school-based counselors as they are required to disseminate scholarship-related information to students. The session covered in detail, the categories of scholarships and the selection procedures for merit awards.

More such awareness sessions will be organised in the future as needed.

The virtual session was facilitated by Mrs. Sonam Sangmo, Head of the Scholarship Section and Mr. Jamyang Wangyal, Counsellor of the Counselling Section, Department of Education.