Dasho Tshewang Chophel Dorji serves as the Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Skills Development who assumed the new role on February 3 following Dhar conferment by His Majesty The King.
Dasho brings a wealth of experience to his new position having previously served as the Acting Secretary within the Ministry. His distinguished civil service career began in 1991 as a Militia Officer in the Royal Bhutan Army. In 1995, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he held various roles including Director of the Department of Economic and Tech Diplomacy, and undertook diplomatic assignments in New Delhi and New York.
Dasho also served as Bhutan’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand from May 2016 to March 2021 with concurrent accreditation to Singapore, Myanmar and Australia.
Staff Profile
Mandates
Policy Support
Initiate/advise/support/review policy formulation
Coordinate Annual Education Conferences and other forums related to policies
Planning, monitoring and evaluation
Coordinate and support Five Year Plan formulation, Annual Performance Agreements, AWPs, etc.
Overall monitoring of Five Year Plan, Pas, and Regular monitoring of projects
Resource mobilization
Resource mobilization
Facilitate resource mobilization and allocation through donor missions, mid-year and annual work planning review meetings
Liaising with Gross National Happiness Center, Ministry of Finance and potential donors
Publication
Annual Education Statistics, EPGIs, Annual government reports, cross sectoral studies
Staff
Mandates
Foster close liaison between state agencies and services, professional and other associations, universities and other centres of research and education, and other institutions concerned with education, the sciences, culture and information;
Co-operate with the delegations of their respective governments at the General Conference and at other intergovernmental meetings convened by UNESCO, inter alia by preparing the contributions of their governments to the work of these meetings;
Follow the development of UNESCO’s programme and call the attention of the appropriate agencies to the potential benefits of international co-operation;
Contribute to national activities related to UNESCO’s programme and to the evaluation thereof;
Provide a channel for disseminating information obtained from other countries on matters of domestic interest in education, the sciences, culture and information;
Encourage, at the national level, interdisciplinary dialogue and co-operation between institutions concerned with education, the sciences, culture and information, with a view to helping to bring intellectual resources to bear on certain priorities for development.
Staff Profile
Mandates
Develop an annual audit plan based on comprehensive risk assessment and submit to the Management for approval and endorse a copy of approved plan to Central Coordinating Agency (CCA) for reference.
Implement the approved annual audit plan in accordance with the International Standards for Professional Practice of Internal Auditing and Internal Audit Manual including, as appropriate to the mandates of Internal Audit and not contradictory to the Internal Audit’s Code of Ethics, any special task or project requested by the management. The impact of resource limitations and significant interim changes in the plan will also be communicated to them.
Issue reports annually summarizing results of audit activities and status of implementation of past audit recommendations to the management and endorse a copy to CCA for reference.
Provide adequate follow up to ensure corrective action is taken and evaluate its effectiveness and reports results.
Maintain a professional audit staff and seek experts view as and when required from the Central Coordinating Agency for Internal Audit Service.
Notify appropriate authority of any significant corruption (criminal) offences recognized or detected during the course of internal auditing.
Consider the scope of work of the external auditors and other regulators as appropriate and collaborate with them for the purpose of providing optimal coverage and avoid duplication of work.
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