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Kingdom of Bhutan. By: Sonam Penjor Royal University of Bhutan. Back ground. Area – 38,816 sq. km Population – 634,982 - 333,595 Males - 301,387 Females
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Kingdom of Bhutan By: Sonam Penjor Royal University of Bhutan
Back ground • Area – 38,816 sq. km • Population – 634,982 - 333,595 Males - 301,387 Females • Industry – Hydro electricity, Agriculture Products, Timbers,Handicrafts. • Religion – Buddhism, Hinduism
Background • The Royal University of Bhutan was established on 2 June 2003 • As an autonomous organization with its own Royal Charter signed by His Majesty and Statutes signed by the Prime Minister. • The University functions through the Vice Chancellor’s office under the policy directives from the University Council.
University Aim • The University will enable validation of tertiary education awards, overall regulation and planning of tertiary education, and provide mechanisms for standard and quality assurance for tertiary programmes.
Objectives • To develop and provide programmes of study at tertiary education level, of relevance and good quality which will fulfill the needs of the country for an educated and skilled population, and • To promote and conduct research, to contribute to the creation of knowledge in an international context and to promote the transfer of knowledge of relevance to Bhutan.
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Royal University of Bhutan Wide Area Network (RUB WAN) • Funded by DANIDA • Period of 3 years – (2006 -2008) • Connect all the University Member Colleges / Institutes
Objective • To provide an ICT linkage between the various member institutes • To have reliable connectivity between the member institutes and with the Office of the Vice Chancellor, Royal University of Bhutan.
Goal • To have most viable, fast and secure technology to achieve it. • To establish many services like Video Conference, e-learning , VoIP, etc. • To have redundant link to access the internet • Resource Sharing