Himachal Forum

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Tibetan students, who take lessons about their culture and tradition in schools, set up especially for the Tibetan students in India, celebrated their foundation day at a two-day function in Shimla.

Established in 1961, the Central Tibetan Schools Administration, celebrated the day with great fanfare.

Joint Secretary of Ministry of Human Resource, Keshav Desiraju and Education Minister of the Tibetan Government, Thupten Lungrik, participated in the function.

Among others were the students and teachers from all other branches that come under the Central Tibetan Schools Administration in India.

"These schools are in India and they follow the Central Board of secondary Education (CBSE) syllabus. But at the same time these schools are different from other schools because they give emphasis on Tibetan culture and tradition and they have been successful in achieving that," said Keshav Desiraju, Secretary, Ministry of Human Resources.

About 80 per cent of the 1,30,000 exiled Tibetans live in India. Education has been a big challenge for the Tibetan children.