During the RewirEd summit that took place in the United Arab Emirates on December 12-14, Minister of Education and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan held a meeting with UAE Minister of Education Hussain Ibrahim Al Hammadi.
At the meeting, Minister L.Enkh-Amgalan informed his UAE counterpart that three kindergartens have been opened in Ulaanbaatar city and Khentii and Dornogobi aimags with the aid the UAE government provided to Mongolia for the establishment of kindergartens. Moreover, the Minister thanked the UAE government for granting undergraduate scholarships to two Mongolian students every year and asked the UAE side to increase the number of scholarships and provide postgraduate scholarships.
The sides also talked about having Mongolian students study in undergraduate and postgraduate programs in UAE as part of scholarships granted by the President and Prime Minister of Mongolia and under intergovernmental agreements and establishing a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministries of Education of Mongolia and UAE on cooperation in education and science. The draft Memorandum of Understanding sets out plans for partnerships between universities and colleges, academic and undergraduate student exchanges, and scientific cooperation.
