Samtse College of Education

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Samtse College of Education

Bhutan
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Type Education
Established1968
Enrolment350/year
Website http://www.sce.edu.bt/index.php

Samtse College of Education, a constituent college of the Royal University of Bhutan, is one of the two institutes in the country offering undergraduate degree programmes in education and post graduate diplomas in education. The college is in Samtse, Bhutan.

It was founded in 1968 as the Teacher Training Institute by King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, the third king of Bhutan. It was renamed in 1983 to National Institute of Education and was changed to Samtse College of Education in 2003 when it became part of the Royal University of Bhutan. [1]

Kaylzang Tshering became its director [2] in 2008.

References

  1. Pushpanadham, Karanam (30 June 2020). Teacher Education in the Global Era: Perspectives and Practices. Springer Nature. p. 84. ISBN   978-981-15-4008-0.
  2. Maclay Lindemann, Abigail. "Understanding and Supporting the Development of the Field of Counseling in Bhutan: The Experiences of the First-generation of Bhutanese Counselors" (PDF). UW-Madison Libraries. Retrieved 20 October 2025.