Perched on a hillock, opposite to Damphu
town, at an equivalent height is a school surrounded by lush greeneries and
terraces; speck of citrus trees strewn helter skelter. After a tiresome uphill
journey of (roughly) an hour, you reach a tri-junction to be welcomed by the
sign board: Tsirangtoe Lower Secondary School, Tsirang Bhutan, established 1982.
The school is located in Tsirangtoe Gewog.
It is at an altitude of 1400 m above the sea level. The name Tsirangtoe said to
have been concocted from the word, “Tsirab” meaning “the place of Perfect Accountant.” To the commoners in the
locality, the place is called as “Tsirang Dangra” meaning ‘hill’. Later, in 2003
the place or school was renamed as Tsirangtoe (translated in Dzongkha).
The School was supposed to have been
established in 1982 under the headship of Mr. Nima Gyeltshen as Community
Primary School and remained closed for a year in 1991 due to some political
uprising in the southern part of the country. In 1998 it was upgraded to
Primary School, followed by further up-gradation of school to Lower Secondary School
in 2005, during the tenure of Mr. Neten Tshering.
Today, the school has become a hub of
educational activities with an enrollment of not less than four hundred
students in a year including those from the Chubelsa (Daunthrey) ECR. It caters
to the need of students from three neighboring Gewogs like Phuentenchu,
Sergithang and Shemjong.
Soon, the school will be upgraded to Central School.
Principals of the School in chronological order:
Name of the Head
|
Tenure
|
Mr. Nima Gyeltshen
|
1982-1985
|
Mr. S.B Biswa
|
1986-1988
|
Mr. B.M Darjee
|
1989-1990
|
Mr. Karma Samphel
|
1992- 1993
|
Mr. Ngyeldrup Dorji
|
1993-1996
|
Mr. Sonam Phuntsho
|
1996- 2001
|
Mr. Neten Tshering
|
2002-2006
|
Mr. Gyeltshen Drukpa
|
2007-2010
|
Mr. Yeshi Dorji
|
2011- 2012
|
Mr. Yeshi Jamtsho
|
2012-2015
|
Mr. Yeshi
|
2016 – Till Date
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