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12 – 15 July 2022: The Department of Education (DoE) of the Central Tibetan Administration organised a four-day SEE Learning workshop for Level 1 Facilitators from 12 to 15 July 2022 at the College for Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarah.
The core team of facilitators include Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Professor at Emory University, Tsondue Samphel, Senior Instructor cum International Coordinator of the SEE Learning at Emory University, Geshe Tenzin Tsenlek, SEE Learning facilitator at CHTS, Sarah, Dr. Tenzin Sonam, Researcher at Emory University, and Tenzin Pema, Director of the Office of Education Council.
The workshop participants include 13 school heads and 13 teachers & counsellors from all the four autonomous school administrative bodies -TCV (11), THS (3), STSS (8 ) & SLF (4) along with three other participants from the DoE and CHTS.
The closing session was presided over by Geshe Lhakdor, Chairman of the Education Council and Advisory Committee of the Department of Education, along with Geshe Samten Gyatso, Director of the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics. In his address, Geshe Lhakdor emphasized the urgent need to protect and promote the Tibetan language and also to promote Secular Ethics in Tibetan schools and society. More importantly, he highlighted the interconnectedness of the Tibetan language with the Buddhist culture of love and compassion, ethics, and peaceful society.
