Presently there are more than 250 students in attendance and nearly half of them are boarding students. Rinpoche feels this is very important because most monks do not have the opportunity for school, or if they do attend at a public school then they are not allowed to wear their robes and much of the monastic discipline is lost. In this way the monks can begin the school and monastery together and have a very good start. The school has grown in other ways as well. There are more classrooms than when we first began, a new larger dining hall and kitchen, and a new playground and soccer field.
New dormitories are also under construction.
There are 60 students who are sponsored through Himalayan Children's Project . They are children whose parents are unable to afford school fees. The project is non-profit and administered by Jane Lawless. A few children are also sponsored by the Rokpa Foundation and there are some private sponsors. The children, in addition to receiving a general education, learn to read and write in Nepali, English, and Tibetan.