Bhutan: Autonomous Royal Education Council merged with Ministry of Education again

THIMPHU, 16 September 2021, (TON): As recommended in the Royal Civil Service Commission’s (RCSC) organisational development exercise, the Royal Education Council will again be merged with the Ministry of Education (MoE).

The REC will now function as a Department of Curriculum and Professional Development and no longer be an autonomous agency. It has remained an autonomous agency under the RCSC since 2014.

Although staff of REC office located in Paro were asked to move to the capital, an official from the REC said that they have requested the ministry to consider and allow them to move after December.

Officials said that the decision was an outcome of organisational development exercise and there was no option than to merge with the education ministry after having delinked from the same ministry seven years ago.

However, it was learnt that it was not a recent development.

An official said they were informed about the merger in January this year and were told to move to Thimphu in April.

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