Vision: A School of Winners, Innovators, Learners, Leaders

Mission: To identify and nurture the innate potential of our students to bring out the best in every individual

Our core values: Creativity, Accountability, Resilience, Passion, Empathy and Trust (UA-CARPET) helps to enthuse the UA family to realize our vision.

Background:

Name:    Ugyen Academy         Estd. : 2002

Logo:      Khen-Lop Choesum     Colour: Red & Yellow

Re-opening: 17^th Feb 2011, for Class X & XII

Opening       : 28^th Feb 2011, for Classes VII to IX & XI

Greetings from Ugyen Academy! It is the first and only authentic international school in the Kingdom, where wholesome education is offered in a state-of-the-art setting.

The School is second to none in the exciting possibilities it has with the most modern facilities on campus and a faculty rich in talent and experience. For effective teaching and learning the strength of our classes will not usually exceed 30 students. The academic facilities are designed to include a 20,000 volume library (with a special section on Bhutan), a bank of computers permanently online and a dedicated multi media lab to enhance learning. Ugyen Academy is in Khuruthang, which is the marketing centre in Punakha Dzongkhag. Ugyen Academy takes a central location; it lies between the town and Khuruthang Middle Secondary School. The place enjoys good weather all the year round. The evergreen fields of Talo flank the Northern side and the Southern tip merges into the beauty of the Punakha river.

In the present milieu with erosion of values and lowering of standards in most institutions, Ugyen Academy stands out as a school with strong value system and a code of conduct and discipline, which is based on mutual respect. We uphold our founder’s vision and stress on total development – head, hand and heart. Thus we are deeply committed in instilling in our students, positive traits like self discipline and social harmony that will lead to Gross National Happiness and Global Peace.

The school aims to:

Provide a caring, happy, secure and purposeful education setting, which supports optimum academic, personal, and social development of all students. Explain and make sense of the various influences, which bear upon the student and promote good relationships and discipline based on mutual respect. Prepare students to take up various educational opportunities throughout their lives, within and beyond the context of work and thereby prepare them to develop a positive attitude towards life and face life with confidence. Promote in students core values and ethos of Bhutanese society and take pride in being a Bhutanese. Mutual Respect/Discipline

Ugyen Academy aims to ensure an environment conducive for teaching and learning; positive student-student, teacher-teacher and student-teacher interactions. We believe that students need to understand that rules exist to safeguard the school environment that we envisage. Our rules are decentralized and students take ownership of the rules they frame.

Curriculum for Classes XI & XII
Prescribed by the Bhutan Board of Examination (BBE). Streams offered:

COMMERCE
HUMANITIES (ARTS)
SCIENCE.

For all streams Dzongkha and English remain compulsory except for International students.
The other subjects are:

1) COMMERCE:
i. Com ii. Acc        iii. B. Maths
2) HUMANITIES (ARTS):
i. Geo
3) SCIENCE:
i. Phy   ii. Chem

Optional subjects available are:

Pure Maths	Rigzhung/English Literature
Biology	History
Computer Science	Economics

We also offer certificate courses in Music and Computer Applications. For enrollment into these courses, one needs to contact the coordinators at the time of admission.
Students who have scored 60% and above in Maths in the BCSE/ICSE (Class X) only can opt for Pure Maths as an optional subject. Also, one needs a minimum of 50% in maths to take up Business Maths. However, students will be provided the opportunity to drop Pure Maths and take up other optional subject if Pure Maths becomes a problem. The same shall applyto other optional subjects. In essence, the school will ensure that the curriculum is for the student and not the student for the curriculum.*Besides the above academic subjects the school will also conduct special classes in career/value education.
The school will also conduct various club activities in order to have a wholesome development in students. The following are the clubs that carry out the activities in the school:

Tarayana
UNESCO
Science & Environment
Art & Crafts
Body Building
Bicycling
UA FM
Games & Sports
Cultural/Musical
Scouts
Theatre & Audio Visual
Carpentry & Masonry
Fishery
Agriculture/Social Forestry
Swimming

Assessment

Students need a minimum of 40% in each subject in the average of monthly/midterm and trial exams to qualify for Annual/Board Exams. Promotion to the next grade will also be based on the ward’s SUPW grades (Socially Useful and Productive Work) which will be based on records maintained by the class/subject teachers. The grades will be finalized through a staff meeting.

We also provide a comprehensive general report each term and our students’ results are also available online. Ugyen Academy boasts of an exemplary sports culture. For talented students we provide special coaching in Football, Futsal, Basketball, Badminton, Cricket, Table Tennis, Archery, Taekwando and Chess. The students of our school can hone their life skills by being a part of various horticultural activities like mushroom farming, poultry and fishery.

The school offers the following payable facilities to the students:
Membership to a full fledged Gymnasium
*Body Building Club *Music Club *IT Club *Swimming

For Girls:

* Pangtse Payser kira          * Light Gray tego
* Maroon Wonju                 * Black shoes
* Black socks                       * Rachu

Uniform

For Boys:
*   Pangtse Paysar gho        *   White lagey and gong
*   Black shoes                   *   Black socks
*   Kabney

The uniforms are available in our School Cooperative Store. The cooperative store also sells school stationery at subsidized rates. Please note that parents/guardians do have the option of making their own purchase of the school uniform.

Other Requirements

1.   Blankets/quilts
2.   Bed sheets
3.   Towels
4.   Mosquito nets
5.   Toiletries / bucket/jug
6.   Games outfit.

Free from school
*Mattress, bed cover, plate, mug and Track jacket for boarding students.

* A set of exercise books, school T-shirt and Badge to all.

Fees per Annum for Classes XI & XII

Day student: Nu.33000 (thirty three thousand) only - payable in two installments–Feb-March/August (Ist Installment Nu. 20000/-)
Boarding Student: Nu.68,000 (sixty eight thousand) only payable in two/three installments – February-March/August/October (1st Installment Nu. 35000/-)
Security Deposit Nu. 1,000/- to be paid separately (It is – refundable on completion of School )
Science students will need to pay an additional of Nu. 5000 per annum.It is waived for reapeater students

Payment Mode
Fees are accepted in Cash, DD & T.T. For T.T please fax the counterfoil having the students detail to 5844378 & DD should be in favour of Ugyen Academy(CD-96).

*Please fill the admission application form correctly and also provide us with the correct addresses. This will help us to keep you well informed on the progress of your ward.

For further enquiry
Please contact any of the following:

Admission to: Classes VII - X

Head of Academics (MS)
Mr. Maitaraj Subba
Mr. Raymond D. Sarkar

Admission to: Class XI

Mr. Kul Prasad Sharma, DOA (HS)
Mr. D.R. Kharga, Vice Principal

admission to Class XII & Sci stream
Dean of Academics
Mr. Kul Prasad Sharma

Principal

Mr. Norbu Gyaltshen

Tel No    : 584437 (Punakha)
Tel No     : 584501 (Punakha)
Fax No   : 584438 (Punakha)
Tel No    : 324153 (Thimphu)
Tel No    : 324856 (Thimphu)
Email     : uakp@druknet.bt

For more information one may visit

(Website: www.ugyenacademy.edu.bt)

1. Mobile Phones:
I am not allowed to use mobile phones in the school campus. I also understand that in the event of my being caught using mobile phone, it will be confiscated and not returned. UA is a mobile free zone.

2. Objects which can be used as weapons:
I am not allowed to carry/possess any item which could be used as weapons of offence.

Discipline & Action
I understand that depending on the nature and the severity of the offence, the following disciplinary actions will be taken:

*Detention *Suspension *Expulsion

Please note:
* Detention & Suspension are remedial measures.
* Expulsion indicates that the school has exhausted all
remedial measures.

Pledge: I will Not harm others Not litter Not waste time & resources Follow School rules Remain clean & tidy Work Hard

Keys

GH          – Girls Hostel
BH          – Boys Hostel
K             - Kitchen
HG          – Hostel Gate
MPH       – Multipurpose Hall
FP           - Fishery Pond
AB I        – Academic Block I
AB II       – Academic Block II
SB           – Science Block

O             – Office
SC           – School Café
MG         – Main Gate
P              - Parking
BC           – Basketball Court
MPC       – Multipurpose Court
SP           – Swimming Pool
FG           – Football Ground
SR           - Staff Room
LR           _Library Room

Thank you for trusting us with your child’s education