Kuengaa is located in Paro Valley. The scenery around the school is amazing. There are mountains on all sides and several monastaries are visible on the tops of the mountains.
The school has surprisingly good facilities given the low cost of tuition. There are science labs, a computer lab, basketball courts, a soccer field and even a small gym with weight machines.
Once the students enter the school, they choose one of three concentrations, either arts, commerce or science. The classes a student attends depend on which concentration his or she chooses. The study body is roughly split evenly between the three concentrations.
The students wear traditional Bhutanese attire to school. The boys wear a type of robe called a gho and the girls wear a skirt with a jacket called a kira.
The students come from all over Bhutan and you can hear several languages when walking through the hallways. Students from the Paro valley speak Dzongkha, those from the center of the country speak Bumthap, those from the east speak Sharchop and those from the south speak Nepali. For the most part, English is used as the linga franca and all of the classes are conducted in English.
The students are primarily Buddhist with Hindu and Christian minorities. Each day starts with a Buddhist prayer to the god of wisdom and the students pray before each meal. Students are exempt from prayers if they are Hindu or Christian.
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-Eric
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