Etymology
"Yangchenphug" is a combination of two words: "Yangchen" is short for "Lhamo Yangchenma", the goddess of wisdom and music in Tibetan Buddhism, and "phug" in this context means "hill". The school's annual magazine is named "Yangchen Juedmang", representing the lute, the musical instrument associated with the goddess. Colloquially, the school has come to be known as "Y-Chess." Originally, there cannot be any God or Goddesses in the Buddhist philosophy or teachings. This Goddess, maybe, appears from the ancient Greek philosophy. However, we should always go by the originality and purity of what the Buddha taught us, otherwise Buddhism will turn into any other religion with full of external influences. In a few hundred years we won't know which one Buddha taught us and which one we watch Anime.History of School
Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School has historically been a premier high school in the country, with many notable alumni, including the fifth king,Courses Offered
When it first started in 1965 as a Public school, the school offered Dzongkha, English, History, Math, Science, and Geography. Since the re-categorization of schools under the Ministry of Education in 2001, the school offers a wider range of courses. For 9th and 10th graders, it offers Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, English and Dzongkha. The students from these two grades also hold the choice of either opting for Economics or Computer Studies as their elective course. At the end of the academic year, the 10th graders sit for a nationwide standardized test Bhutan Certificate for Secondary Education. Depending on their results, students have 3 fields to choose from. Starting 2013, the school offered all these 3 fields: Science, Commerce, and Humanities. Courses in Science are Physics, Chemistry, Pure Mathematics, English and Dzongkha with the elective subjects being Biology or Computer Studies or neither n which the case the students don't have to choose either Courses in Commerce are Business studies, Accountancy, Business mathematics, English and Dzongkha with elective subjects being Economics or Computer Studies or neither. Courses in Humanities are English, Dzongkha, Geography hese subjects are compulsory electives include, Dzongkha Literature or English Literature, History or Business Mathematics and Economics.Culture
"It warms my heart to think that my fellow teachers, both past, and present, and scholars, both past, and present, have lived up to the image of an institution that has to be Yangchenphug," wrote the education minister, Thakur S. Powdyel in one of the volumes of Yangchen Juedmang. Yangchenphug was the first school to introduce the system of providing school identity cards to the students as well as teachers. The school was the first to have ''track-suits and T-shirts with colors specific to Houses the students are grouped into. Although this was initially met with some resistance over the choice of wearing the school uniform, "gho" and "kira", the idea proved to be highly effective, especially during sports heats and other social work. This system of designing school track suits is now replicated in many other schools following the noble initiative born in the pioneer school, Yangchenphug. The school color is Blue. The school celebrates a form ofAcademics
Yangchenphug holds the record for being among the best schools in the country for producing top results every year during the Standardised BSCE and BHSEC tests. The school focuses a lot on the academics of the students and therefore hold a collection of awards for Academic Toppers. The awards are meant to encourage the students to take more interest in studies. The Academic Facet of the school is looked over directly by the Principal. The current principal is Mr. Yesh B Ghalley.Other disciplines
Although much attention is given to Academics, the school places heavy resources in building the other facets of wholesome education. The school has a reputation being the best school, sports-wise the Western Region of the country, winning the Inter-school sports competitions almost every year. The number of the trophies have declined over the years but the number is quite large all the same with the school winning close to 20 major trophies in the year of 2013. The sports co-ordinator for the school is Mr.Sigyel Tshewang. Bureaucrats initially had a problem with the new administration's decision to allow its students to attend the school in Track Suit on Saturdays and days on which, the students have PE but other than that, the school boasts of incredible disciplinary records. The discipline rule book is maintained by the Discipline committee and it includes facets like Hair length, Clause against use of Electronics in the school by students, uniform, etc. To make sure that the rules are adhered to but at the same time student rights are protected, the school has a student services committee headed by Vice-Principal Sita Pradhan. The discipline committee is headed by Vice-principal Kamal Hingmang. The school's culture team under the legendary teacher/vice-principal Karma Wangdi have been raking in trophies for years. The culture team have always been remarked to equal the talent levels that of the members of the national Dance academy (Student Body
The school has over 1500 students divided over a range of 4 grades from 9 to 12. The students are represented to the school administration by their class prefects who look after their class and report to the board of Principals. However these class prefects serve more as representatives of the teachers/administration to the students than the other way around. The student representation to the school administration is more or less the group of school prefects 2 as of 2013 They represent the students' voice in decision making processes for the school. This was famously exemplified in 2012 when the school administration decided to not hold the annual school concert for that year. The dismay from the students was represented to the board of Principals and the student leaders worked hard with support from the students to make the concert happen; success did come to the prefects.The Old Student's Association of Yangchenphug
The Old Student's Association of Yangchenphug or popularly known as TOSA-OY is the alumni association of old students who are now working adults. The alumni association is involved in many collaborative and supportive activities to provide better opportunities to the present students. It also organises the prestigious "Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Memorial Debate" among the higher secondary schools in Thimphu. Membership to the alumni can be obtained by contacting the office of the school or writing to them at TOSA-OY, PO Box 1086, Thimphu.Former Heads and First set of Teachers
Name: Thimphu Public School 1st Headmaster Mr. Oommen (1965–66) 1st Set of teachers Lop. Dago Tshering Dzongkha Mrs. Dasho Gagay Lham English Ms. Dorothy Sitling History Mr. P Girijan Maths & Science Mr. Ramachandran Geography Mr. Kaka Dorji Hostel Superintendent Classes: KG to IV Strength: 91 (71 boys + 20 girls) 2nd Headmaster Mr. Kichulo 1967 - 68 3rd Headmaster Mr. Ramachandran 1968 - 69 4th Headmaster Maj. Sen 1969 .. 1st Principal Retd. Col. S. Majumdar 1969 - 71 2nd Principal Retd. Col. P.D. Sharma 1972 - 12.9.74 Offtg. Principal Mr. D.R. Sharma 12.9.74- 18.11.74 Offtg. Principal Mr. K.P. Gupta 18.11.74 - 8.5.75 3rd Principal Mr. J.B. Tyson 8.5.75 - 7.12.76 Offtg Principal Mr. G. Vasudevan 7.12.76 9.4.77 Offtg Principal Mr. R.Subba 9.4.77 18.5.77 4th Principal Mr. R.D. Singh 18.4.77 16.4.82 5th Principal Mr. K.George Ipe 16.4.82 â€" 8.4.88 6th Principal Ms. Namgay Om 8.4.88 â€" 19.3.90 (First lady & National Principal) 7th Principal Mr. Tshewang Tandin 19.3.90 - 27.10.98 (Second National Principal) 8th Principal Mr. Karma Yeshey 27.10.98 - 20.12.2003 (Third National and Principal) 9th Principal Mr. Kaka Tshering 20.12.2003-12.12.2006) (Fourth National Principal) 10th Principal Mrs. Pema C. Wangdi 2007- 2017 (Fifth National Principal & Second Lady Principal) 11th Principal Mr. Yesh B Ghalley 2019–presentNotable students
* Khendum Choden, writer *References
External links
*{{official website, http://www.yhs.edu.bt/History.htm