CTAS participate in the exhibition held atRietberg Museum Zurich, Switzerland Three students and the principal will be participating from 24th September till 3rd October.... Read more Posted on 5th July, 2010
Student expresses his gratitute to the school with a cash donation. Yeshi Wangdi, one of our graduate student from the 1st class... Read more Posted on 15th June, 2010
C.T.A.S celebrates 10th foundation day celebration on 17th May at Kabesa. H.E. Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi, Minister for the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources graced the occassion...Read more Posted on 15th June, 2010
Basketball Court completed !!!
The construction of the new Basketball court is finally completed...Read more updated on 15th June, 2010
Construction of the new Guru Nangsay statue completed.
The statue of 17ft Guru Rimpoche is completed...
(Read more) updated on 15th June, 2010
Three New electric Cookers installed Three new electric cookers were installed in the school kitchen on 13th March, 2010...Read more Posted on 16th March, 2010
New construction With the financial support from the Himalayan Youth Foundation (HYF), a two storied academic building is being constructed at CTAS campus.Read more Posted on 10th March, 2010
Graduation, 2009 On 26th December 2009, the 5th graduation ceremony for the final year students was held in the school campus.... (Read more) Posted on 1st Janurary, 2010
School Trip Nine senior students accompanied by a teacher took part in the school trip from 5th - 12th December, 2009...
(Read more) Posted on 1st Janurary, 2010
School Picnic This year, the annual school picnic was held on the 14th November, 2009 in a beautiful spot.... (Read more) Posted on 15th Nov, 09
Kuzu-Zangpola and welcome to the Choki Traditional Art School website!
Choki Traditional Art School (CTAS) is a private traditional art school established in 1999 by Dasho Choki Dorji in commemoration of His Majesty’s, the fourth King’s Silver Jubilee to help children of broken and economically disadvantaged families. The school offers free education, food and lodging. The school initially started with 5 students in a small building in Kawangjangsa, Thimphu. It is now located at Kabesa ,10 kilometers north of Thimphu city.
Today we have 101 students (81 boys/20 girls) and 16 members of staff. The students come from different dzongkhags (districts) of Bhutan and have varying educational backgrounds. Some are school drop outs from classes 4- 10 and some have not been to school at all. The school provides courses in Lhadri (painting), Jinzo (sculpting) and Pap (carving).
Sustaining the school is our greatest challenge. We try to finance the school through funds raised by selling artifacts made by our senior students . However, students leaving the school at the senior level before completing the full course have affected the funds. They are not sufficient to cover the expenditure of the school. We therefore depend on external support to keep the school running. The school receives support from the Himalayan_Youth_Foundation (HYF) who helped with infrastructure facilities and provided funds to fill the budgetary gaps.
On behalf of CTAS, I take this opportunity to thank and express my heartiest appreciation to all the well wishers and supporters of CTAS, and in particular to HYF for their valuable contributions to the school. This generosity and magnanimity provided by the well wishers and supporters have given new hope and life to the students at CTAS. The children will always remember their kindness and charity.
With best regards,
Sonam Choki
(Principal)
CTAS NEWS UPDATE
CTAS participates in exhibition held at Rietberg Museum in Zurich, Switzerland Three students and the principal will be participating from 24th September till 3rd October.... Read more Posted on 5th July, 2010
Student expresses his gratitude to the school with a cash donation. Yeshi Wangdi, one of our graduate student from the 1st class... (Read more) Posted on 15th June, 2010
C.T.A.S celebrates 10th foundation day celebration on 17th May at Kabesa. H.E. Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi, Minister for the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources graced the occassion...(Read more) Posted on 15th June, 2010
Basketball Court completed !!!
The construction of the new Basketball court is finally completed...(Read more) updated on 15th June, 2010
Construction of the new Guru Nangsay statue completed.
The statue of 17ft Guru Rimpoche is completed... (Read more) updated on 15th June, 2010
Three new electric cookers installed Three new electric cookers were installed in the school kitchen on 13th March, 2010...Read more Posted on 16th March, 2010
New construction With the financial support from the Himalayan Youth Foundation (HYF), a three storied academic building is being constructed at CTAS campus ... (Read more) Posted on 10th March, 2010
Graduation, 2009 On 26th December 2009, the 5th graduation ceremony for the final year students was held in the school campus.... (Read more) Posted on 1st Janurary, 2010
School Trip Nine senior students accompanied by a teacher took part in the school trip from 5th - 12th December, 2009... (Read more) Posted on 1st Janurary, 2010
School Picnic This year, the annual school picnic was held on the 14th November, 2009 in a beautiful spot by the riverside in Kabesa village. It is an event which is very much looked forward by the students and staff. The day was full of fun with lots of good food, entertainment and games organised by the students...(Read more) Posted on 15th Nov, 09
