University of New Brunswick (UNB) has been associated with the Ministry of Education since 1985 when the first Bhutanese scholars studied there under the World University Services of Canada (WUSC) scholarship.

 After WUSC withdrew from Bhutan in 1992 the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi took over the office. Because of UNB’s long association with Bhutan, the Bhutanese government requested Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to continue its assistance to the education sector through UNB’s education faculty.

Since then the association has linked Bhutan's education system with UNB's Faculty of Education through different five year projects. The past projects Phase I and Phase II of Education Institution Strengthening in Bhutan (EISB) have provided scholarships and work attachments for Bhutanese educators, long and short-term consultants for Bhutan's Education Division.

The projects aimed to strengthen the capacity of teacher training institutes in Bhutan, upgrade the academic background of secondary-school teachers and post-secondary lecturers, and enhance the capacity of the Curriculum and Professional Support Services and the Bhutan Board of Examinations.

The new five year project “ The Strengthening Support to Education in Bhutan (SSEB) will focus on strengthening education in Bhutan through sustainable development of human resources. The project will seek to enable Bhutan to improve gender- sensitive curriculum leadership and instructional delivery system in primary and secondary English language, primary mathematics and engineering. The project will also support the CCO to provide administrative and logistical support services.