Among
the first few girls to receive modern education within Bhutan in the 70s,
Dorji Choden, the director of the standard and quality control authority,
ministry of works and human settlement does not recollect being intimidated
by her male colleagues in school.
The
foreign secretary, Neten Wangmo, who also studied in Sherubtse Public School,
agrees that though Bhutanese society has never recognised gender disparity,
there were few girls in school in the early days. The handful of women
who made it through the education system in the early years came from educated
families living in newly established urban towns.
Contributed
by KUENSEL, Bhutan's National Newspape
