Minister of Education of Bhutan : Thakur Powdyel

http://www.essec.edu | On Thursday 27th October 2011 at ESSEC, the Minister of Education for the Royal Government of Bhutan, Thakur Singh Powdyel, gave a conference about Gross National Happiness and sustainable education. For Thakur Singh Powdyel, the classic indications used by states to measure their good economic health reached their limits. According to Bhutanese philosophy, purpose of life could not be restricted to more production and more consumption infinitely. Indeed, Thakur Singh Powdyel highlights that material resources are not boundless. The Minister details the measures taken by the Kingdom of Bhutan to develop the country in a healthy and sustainable way. During the conference, the Minister shares the Bhutanese vision of Green education, an education that goes beyond "fitting people out for a job". The Kingdom of Bhutan is located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China. This country is famous for the term "Gross National Happiness" (GNH), an indicator that was designed to measure quality of life or social progress in more holistic and psychological terms than only the economic indicator of gross domestic product.