Tibetan Children in Exile: Institutions of Child Care

Providing quality day-care services for children in informal economy have been widely discussed and debated at policy and execution level from the last two decades. Numerous studies have been conducted in developing countries to critically evaluate existing regulations, policies and schemes on child-care provision. The focuses of these studies were largely on the interventions through laws and schemes. However, very little studies were conducted on care facilities available for the Tibetan children living in exile. This article explores the vision of the newly elected Tibetan government-in-exile to provide quality child care at the care centres so as to obtain the larger goals of social transformation by taking into account the broader social and cultural context in which the care is provided. The study is based on field observation undertaken in Tibetan settlement in Dharamshala and interviews conducted with Tibetan government officials, child-care providers and community representatives to collect primary data.