Bhutan - Education

Each school day at Gantay Primary, as with all schools in Bhutan, begins with an assembly presided over by the school principal. The children line up in preordained rows, boys and girls separate.
A prayer with all students participating is the first thing that occurs. At each school, a student or several students present a spoken presentation. In the primary school and middle school the pricipal or a teacher then positively critiques the presenter ( s). Announcements are made and, if a guest is present, he or she is asked to speak.
This she, when asked to speak was unprepared and relied on that old trick: open your mouth and see what comes out. I am not really sure just what did come out but, as Bhutanese children are polite and mannerly before visiting elders, it didnt seem to matter. Or so I choose to think.