Update on Director DoS
In accordance to the Transfer Order received from the Royal Civil Service Commission vide RCSC/ESMD/Transfer/8/2020/416 dated 17th September 2020, Mr. Kinley Gyeltshen, Director, Directorate of Services (DoS), Ministry of Education has been relieved from the Ministry with effect from 1st November 2020 to join his new place of posting at DoS under the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
He started his career as a Teacher in August 1998. He had also served as the Royal Tutor till 2001. Further, he had served as a Vice Principal and Principal in Schools under Trongsa Dzongkhag. In 2007, he was appointed as the District Education Officer for Lhuentse Dzongkhag and served till 2010. Thereafter, he joined the Education Monitoring Support Services Division under the Department of School Education, Ministry of Education and served as the Education Monitoring Officer from 2010 to 2012. Simultaneously, he had assumed the role of a Programme Officer under the same Department to oversee the ICT programmes and activities in the Schools. In October 2013, he was appointed as the Chief Human Resource Officer in the Ministry of Education. He was appointed as the Director, DoS, Ministry of Education in September 2017 and served till October 2020.
He is a recipient of the National Order of Merit in Education Excellence from His Majesty the King on 17th December 2009 while he was serving as the District Education Officer in Lhuentse Dzongkhag.
He holds a Bachelor of Education (Secondary) from Samtse College of Education (1995-1998). He also possesses a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching Information System (PGCTIS) from Sherubtse College (2001-2003) and a Master’s Degree in Educational Management from the Mahidol University, Thailand (2005-2007). He also attended the prestigious Senior Executive Leadership Programme from the Royal Institute of Governance and Strategic Studies. In 2015, he had successfully completed the De-Suung Integrated Training Programme at Tencholing, Wangduephodrang.
The Education fraternity would like to thank him for all his contributions to the education sector in various capacities till date. The Education fraternity would like to convey the best wishes and prayers to him in his new place of posting.