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| Sherubtse:
The
rush starts in the morning |
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| Sherubtse College (Kanglung, Trashigang) |
| The Sherubtse College is member of the national university system in Bhutan. The university system includes 10 member colleges: |
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College of Science and Technology
Gaeddu College of Business Studies
Samtse College of Education
Paro College of Education
Jigme Namgyel Polytechnic
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College of Natural Resources
Sherubtse College
Institute of Language and Culture Studies
National Institute of Traditional Medicine
Royal Institute of Health Sciences |
The
'rush' starts at 8:30 in the morning when the library opens till closing
time at 10 pm. "I try and squeeze in at least half an hour of net-surfing
everyday," says Singye Dorji an economics student. "I am downloading data
on inflation which is not there in the text and reference books." Singye
Dorji makes it a point to join the bursting queue of net enthusiasts at
1 pm everyday to register for internet use after classes in the evening.
Besides shooting off emails and collecting information for project work
and assignments, students also regularly indulge in on-line chatting and
sometimes peeking into porn sites.
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Tshomo, a commerce student, said the allocated daily two-hour browsing
was worth the hustle and bustle for registration. Usually a student gets
to use the net for six hours a week. Students have to book a day in advance
to avail the facility.
The
college embarked upon the electronic highway in 1999 with just one computer
with a dial-up connection. Today, it has over 80 computers with internet
facilities, excluding those used by the faculty and administration. In
September 2001 the college began operating on a 64kbps lease line which
was later upgraded to a wider bandwidth of 128kbps when Bhutan telecom
set up its substation at Kanglung in May this year. Besides the computers
in the library, there are 25 more computers in the college's computer centre
and more in the laboratory, all connected to the internet.
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first lot of computers came in 1999 with the support of the Canadian cooperation
office. A year later a Canadian man donated Canadian $10,000 for the computer
laboratory. In the following years, the government funded Nu 2.5 million
and Nu 4.5.million for the internet and computer laboratory. This year
the government gave Nu 2.2 million for computer and software update. |
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| Efforts
are on to establish a wireless networking in the institute that would increase
the network and enable students and teachers to use internet at home. Few
students already own computers.
A
Singapore volunteer upgraded the local area network (LAN) last year and
the college is in the process of hiring a Japanese hardware engineer. "Last
year the internet was very slow because of the low bandwidth connection,"
vice principal Nidup Dorji said. "This year with the new telecom substation
the bandwidth has been increased to 128 kbps." |
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The
college pays over Nu 48,000 a month for the lease line to druknet. The
college is looking for assistance to set up an IT block that will house
a computer laboratory, an internet cafe, and classes.
An
old feeling among the people that although Kanglung was an ideal place
for a college it was a bit cut off from the rest of the country no longer
holds true. Internet has bridged the gap between the nation's remotely
located premiere institute and the rest of the country. And the world.
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