The Sambota Peton Mewon Tsuklag school in Dharamsala celebrated Professor Samdhong Rinpoche’s 74th birthday with cultural dances and recitations of poems written by the students and dedicated to the Rinpoche. The school’s founder and former Kalon Tripa, Samdhong Rinpoche spoke on the importance of educating young Tibetans in Tibetan schools, and on the aims of the Basic Education Policy which emphasises the teaching of all subjects through the medium of Tibetan.