Education Kalon Tharlam Dolma Changra Issues a Message for Tibetan Children on Children’s Day

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Dharamshala: On this Children’s Day, Education Kalon Tharlam Dolma Changra issued a message to Tibetan students emphasising the importance of developing the habit of supplementary reading, maintaining good health throughout their educational journey, and, crucially, preserving the Tibetan language in the face of the PRC’s policies that seek to sever younger generations from their unique identity.

The Kalon’s message notes that “in recent years, the Chinese government has forcefully enrolled a large number of Tibetan children into state-run boarding schools, where the curriculum is taught exclusively in Chinese and lessons on Tibetan religion, culture, language, and customs are denied, with the aim of eradicating T...

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