Brief Background on the Institute:

Prior to its establishment, the school existed as Rinpung Primary school in Rinpung campus located just below Rinpung Dzong till 2003. On up-gradation of the school to Lower Secondary School, it was shifted to Khangkhu, the present site, and remained as a Lower Secondary till 2006. In 2007 it was further upgraded to Middle Secondary with the aid from GoI, India and by then the school had basic concrete infrastructure to accommodate both primary and secondary classes along with administrative block and Science laboratories. It was only in April 2007 that the school got furnished with five concrete buildings which housed classrooms and other facilities like science laboratories, and Information and Communication Technology room. ADEO, Mr. Choezang Drugyel formally inaugurated the school on 16 March 2004. The then principal of the school was Mr. Tshewang Rinzin.

In the past this place “Khangkhu” was named as “Khamphur” for the reason very proper. The local history asserts that a holy relic, “phurba” flew from a very holy place called Kham located in the country of Tibet and landed on its destined place which is situated approximately half a kilometer below the school. Thus, no name other than “Khamphur” accorded well to the place. Presently a fine temple is built and posited exactly on the place where phurba set itself down. It is frequently visited by the villagers as well as outsiders for various purposes associated to this place. With time as new generations replaced older ones the pronunciation of orally transmitted word like any other word(s) got slowly dissipated and changed to “Khangkhu” as pronounced in the theory of Language Learning/Acquisition of Language Learning.