The Labour and Human Resources Minister, Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi inaugurated the opening ceremony of the NGOP along with the Finance Minister, Lyonpo Wangdi Norbu, Members of Parliament and secretaries from the different ministries yesterday.
Lyonpo Dorji Wangdi said: “The number graduates increases every year and so it might be the general quality of education increasing too. The government is proud and happy about so many graduates getting gold medals and then Order of Merit and other certificates.
Both His Majesties- the father and the son- emphasise that youth are the leaders of tomorrow. Going by the educational qualification and values our graduates hold, there is no doubt that you will not fulfil His Majesties’ vision.”
“The democratically elected government is only one and half years old. The main purpose of the institution of the Constitutional Democratic Monarchy in the country is that the security and sovereignty of our nation is safeguarded and peoples’ needs and wellbeing are looked into and further promoted,” said Lyonpo.
While democracies in other countries are failing owing to corrupt practices, the present elected government emphasises and work towards efficient and fast formulation and implementation of policies and policies, Lyonpo added.
The main objective and goal of the socio-economic development in the country will towards achieving the Gross National Happiness. So should the policies and plans be in accordance, and give importance, to the four pillars of GNH (the promotion of equitable and sustainable socio-economic development, preservation and promotion of cultural values, conservation of the natural environment, and establishment of good governance) and equity and justice.
Lyonpo said that the service industries ranging from tourism, destination for treatment and education, information and communication technology (ICT) centres and banking will hugely contribute towards economic development in the country in the future for which the policies and plans have been laid accordingly.
In this tenth Five Year Plan (FYP), the whole country will have electricity supply service and all the geog centres will be connected with motorable roads.
According to Lyonpo, within the tenth FYP there will be 9300 people seeking for employment but the government is worried about it. So the government has so many plans and policies in line to mitigate the unemployment problem by emphasising the development of private sectors.
Lyonpo quoted His Majesty King Jigme Khesar’s address to the first session of the first Parliament in May 2008:
“It has always been my prayer that we will all be united in our efforts to build a stronger nation, so that at the end of our lives, when we hand over our country, our children will inherit a stronger nation where all obstacles to their happiness and prosperity will have been overcome and where we have created the conditions for the fulfillment of their aspirations.
And above all, that they will be better than us, more qualified and capable. If Bhutan is to excel, our future generations must always be better than those before them.”
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