On the opposite hill, the nunnery school day begins with a Manjushri (Buddhist patron of wisdom and learning) prayer recited out loud by a group of young girl-students, under the watchful eye of Tsering Namgyal, a resident monk-teacher from neighboring Ladakh. The lama has been sent to Zanskar by the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies (CIBS) near Leh. The teaching position in remote and underdeveloped Zanskar, far away from family and friends, is seen more in terms of a burdensome undertaking, rather than a reward by the young monks. Hence, finding a teacher for the gompa school often proves to be a difficult task, even though the monk teachers are provided with boarding, lodging, and a regular salary for the job, as well as complete freedom in their classroom curriculum design. 