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Ladakh Model of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Ladakh has had a tradition of education movements starting from the early 1950s, when our leaders launched a movement for school enrolment bringing the enrolment rates far above the national average despite all the disadvantages that Ladakh suffered. In the recent past the Hill Council, in partnership with Ladakhi NGOs and village communities, launched another movement in 1994 called Operation New Hope (ONH). Here the issue of quality was addressed. As a result of the measures taken, i.e. a massive teachers training drive, formation of Village Education Committees (VECs) for local ownership and accountability in schools, and publication of locally adapted textbooks, the Matric exam results, which continuously used to hover around 5% until 1998, rose up to 55% by 2004.
By Tsewang Rigzen Executive Councillor Read the full article

Development of the underdeveloped?
In 1972, Ladakh was open to tourists who brought with them consumer culture and an illusionary lavish life. A tourist would spend in a day more than what a Ladakhi family would spend in a year. Jewelry, art pieces and even the everyday things were bought by the tourists at very high prices. Not only were this, Ladakhi seen as from the superior developed western eyes as poor and uncivilized. Superiority of material culture was further emphasized with the introduction of television.
By: Angmo Sep 23, 2006 Read the full text

Interview of noted scholar and political scientist of Ladakh whose intellectual crafts and skills has got international appreciation and recognition, Prof Siddiq Wahid the present Vice Chancellor of Islamic Science University has received his Ph D in Inner Asian Studies from Harvard University, a Masters in Education from Harvard University and a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Theory from Gustavus Adolphus College. Dr. Wahid has taught Central Asian Studies and Comparative Literature at Harvard University and at Metropolitan University. He has authored a book on Ladakh and several articles on Central Asia, Tibetan Civilization and the Kashmir conflict; he has lectured widely in South Asia, Europe and the United States. He is a member of the Governing Board of the People’s Commission on Environment and Development India (PCEDI) and a founding member of the India Forum, (IF) a Delhi-based discussion group..done his Masters and Doctorate in Political Science from the Harvard University, USA. An author and a columnist, besides being a Director of the Wakaf Board is also a member of the India Forum, Peoples Commission for Environment Development and Pugwash International.
Interviewed by Stanzin Dawa 15-09-2006
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