"Climb higher on the shoulders of past achievements- your task is not to fill old shoes or follow a well-trodden
path, but to forge a new road leading towards a brighter future." ~His Majesty the Beloved King.
VTOB Foundation is a Thimphu based humble community based organisation that will look forward to giving their best in fulfilling the vision of enhancing educational engagements in the society through creative, innovative and voluntary initiatives.
VTOB started as a teacher voluntary group on March 7, 2020. With the support from Ministry of Education, the team was fortunate to contribute voluntary services to develop BBS lessons, Radio lessons and Self Instructional Materials (SIM) for 1,70,000 plus students along with numerous educational initiatives during the pandemic, which is cherished as a
fulfilling endeavour to provide continued education during school closures....
The team is composed of eminent advisors, a versatile Board of Directors and a dynamic young team of volunteers who believe that they can do their best bit by serving beyond the self and practicing lifelong learning whilst leveraging on creativity and innovation as a mantra for the team and the organisation.
VTOB Foundation will work towards supporting and fulfilling Bhutan’s current education reform process, nurturing an educated society of Gross National Happiness and also the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 Quality Education.
The foundation is open to collaboration as implementing partners and excited for any other forms of partnership. Please write to vtobofficial@gmail.com or call 77438800.
VTOB is happy to engage and empower volunteers who believe in social service. Do register on www.vtob.org or visit us in Thimphu.
Continued efforts that respond to the current and future needs of children in the areas of Gross National Happiness, Core Bhutanese Values, Digital Literacy, Gender Equality, Inclusive Education and other relevant areas.
VTOB Digital Action and Inspiring Technology (V-DAIT): Promoting Digital Literacy and Technological Engagement in the society.
V-INCLUDE: Fostering meaningful engagement and support programs for out of school children, unemployed youth and differently abled children.
5 Minutes of VTOB: A YouTube channel to provide platform for creative and innovative content creation by children and teachers.
Teacher and Students Research Promotion
Teacher and Students Research Promotion:
Activities to build professional learning communities as well as contribute to academic repository and quality resources for policy makers.
VTOB Research Inspiration and Motivation (V-RIM): Promoting Research Culture in Teachers and Children with long term plans for a Contemporary Education Journal.
VTOB Professional Learning Communities (V-PLC) : Motivating professional groups for pedagogical and professional learning whilst promoting lifelong learning.
EduTALK Bhutan: Creating platform for online and offline Educational Conversations on Future Fitting Education.
VTOB Self-Sustaining Educational Studio (V-SES): Educational content creation through creative pedagogical approaches and using innovative technology so as to foster eLearning opportunities.
Opportunities for Nurturing Productive Citizens
Opportunities for Nurturing Productive Citizens:
A series of projects which will develop/deliver/build GNH Values, Life Skills Education, Well Being Education, Social Emotional Learning, Active Citizenship, Education for Sustainable
Development and Lifelong Learning thereby nurturing a society of responsible citizens.
V-INCLUDE: Fostering meaningful engagement and support programs for out of school children and unemployed youth.
V-EARLY CARE: Organising projects and programs to prioritise foundational years of children in citizenship education so as to nurture productive citizens.
V-COLLABORATE: Strengthening of relationship and impact through collaborative projects.
Waste Warriors: A nation wide school based waste management initiative working towards achieving the theme that Waste Management starts with Mindset Management.
The Teacher I Remember: An initiative to pay tribute to teachers through stories of teachers touching lives so that we motivate every teacher to be a teacher that their students remember.
VTOB Youth: A youth focused group to enable, empower and engage youths for positive change.
Rich Hearts to Reach Hearts: An annual special charity event for the monks which aims at giving with a cause.
Building a Well-Read Bhutan and Knowledge-based Society
Building a Well-Read Bhutan and Knowledge-based Society:
Initiate short term and long-term reading and writing initiatives for our children, inclusive of out of school children with focus on remote areas.
VTOB Children’s Reading and Writeshop (V-CRAW) : Promoting reading and writing culture as well as engagement of children meaningfully during school holidays.
10 Pages a Day Reading Journey: Promoting reading culture in partnership with Drukyul’s Literature Festival: Bhutan Echoes to achieve #wellreadbhutan.
The Reading Retreat:- A partnership program with the Reading Retreat team which conducts an annual reading programme every summer vacation.
STORIES & UPDATES
2020-12-30
EduTALK BHUTAN
Together Forward
Inspired by, and in response to,
2020-12-24
Report on V-TOB CONVERSATIONS
In the year 2020, we were able to organize nine...
2020-12-22
Case Study 001 : 2020-2021
10 Pages a Day Reading Journey
MOTIVATION
“I will always support teachers throughout my reign.
I will give you more importance and more recognition than any other sector because you are going to make the greatest difference in the future of our country.”
~His Majesty’s Address to Trainee Teachers at Samtse College of Education, 2012
MOTIVATION
“When the sun sets every evening, we go to sleep in the comfort that it will rise in the morning and things will be the same. Do not however let the light of education ever go out. For if it should become dark, even for a moment, we will find that generations of our children will suffer its effects and the
light on a bright future for our nation will take decades to shine again.”
- His Majesty The King
