18 August 2019

PM's visit to Bhutan

TV programs about Our Prime Minister's visit to Bhutan and his address to students of Royal University brought pleasant memories of my stay in the Druk Kingdom, 40 years back. I remember my two days' stay in the University campus (which was a Higher Secondary School  known as Sherubtse College, at that time. I was there as Visiting Examiner for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, equivalent to GCE O Level). I fondly remember Prabhakaran Nair who was also an Examiner and a good friend. As Mary Hopkin sings, "Those were the days my friend ..."

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

About Me

My photo
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.