The Steering Committee meeting of the ‘Education for Sustainable Development-II’ (ESD-II) project, funded by the Swiss Cooperation in Mongolia and implemented jointly by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) and the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) was successfully held online on March 31. The meeting was attended by 15 participants including D.Ganbold, State Secretary of the MET, chairperson of the Steering Committee, D.Batbaatar, State Secretary of the MES and Benoit Meyer-Bisch, Deputy Head of the Swiss Cooperation in Mongolia, Vice chairs of the Steering Committee, the members of the Steering Committee and the project team.

Minister of Educaiton and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan had a meeting with Kaori Ishikawa, Head of Office for Mongolia Country Office of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA has jointly implemented and provided support for numerous projects and programs in Mongolia.

The Global Education Coalition marks its first anniversary this year. Thus on March 29, a high-level ministerial event was virtually organized under the theme, ‘One year into COVID: Prioritizing education recovery to avoid a generational catastrophe’, gathering education ministers of the member countries. The ministers exchanged views on three main topics, ‘Keeping schools open, prioritizing and supporting teachers’, ‘School dropout and learning loss’, and ‘Digital transformation and the future of education’, sharing their practices.

Minister of Education and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan had a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Mongolia Jorn Rosenberg.  “The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education not only in Mongolia, but all over the world. Over 25 percent of the students have fallen behind due to the pandemic,” the Education Minister said, making a proposal to cooperate in addressing COVID-19 related learning loss in the short term. “In the long term, we plan to carry out reforms in education and science sectors and revise the sectors legal framework by elaborating the financial and governance structures”

On March 25, officials of the Ministry of Education and Science held a meeting with female MPs. The meeting was attended by the Minister of Construction and Urban Development, and Minister of Environment and Tourism as well as representatives of the ministries. During the meeting, they exchanged views on the comprehensive plan for students to catch up on studies as well as ways to improve sanitation facilities at schools, kindergartens, and dorms.  

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Education and Science of Mongolia and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA. The MoU was signed by the Minister of Education and Science of Mongolia L.Enkh-Amgalan and the Rector of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Jennifer Lundgren this morning at 06:00 Mongolian time. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the United States Yo.Otgonbayar participated in the online signing ceremony.

Minister of Education and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan today received Ambassador of Russia to Mongolia I.K.Azizov. Within the framework of bilateral cooperation in education sector, nine documents are in effect. During the meeting, the parties agreed to intensify implementation of these documents.

Minister of Education and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan had a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Mongolia Mohinder Pratap Singh on March 16.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Education and Science of Mongolia and George Mason University, USA. Within this umbrella MoU signed by the Ministry of Education and Science of Mongolia and George Mason University, the Mongolian University of Science and Technology and George Mason University will implement the 2+2 programs.

Minister of Education and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Stets of America to Mongolia Michael Klecheski today, on March 4. They had discussions about expanding bilateral cooperation as well as joint programs on education, science, innovation and technology.

Minister of Education and Science L.Tsedevsuren met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to Mongolia Raul Delgado Concepcion. The sides congratulated each other on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and exchanged views on expanding cooperation in education and science.

On October 26, Deputy Minister of Education and Science G.Ganbayar received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to Mongolia M.P.Singh. During the meeting, the sides exchanged views on partnership between the two countries in the education sector, and agreed to accelerate works to be conducted in the framework of the memorandum established in 2015.

Kaori Ishikawa, the Head of Office of UNFPA Mongolia, met with L. Tsedevsuren, the Minister of Education and Science on Monday, October 19. In addition to congratulating on the new appointment as the Minister of Education and Science, Ms. Kaori Ishikawa discussed with the Minister about the health education system as well as the institutionalization of health education, specifically the comprehensive sexuality education in Mongolia. UNFPA has played a key role in promoting health education in the Mongolian education system since 1997

 Minister of Education and Science L.Tsedevsuren on October 12 met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Mongolia Philippe Merlin. The sides recalled at the meeting that the Mongolia-France archaeological expedition was formed in 1993 and commenced its research on the Xiongnu Empire - ‘The First Steppe Empire’ in 2003 under the auspices of the heads of state of the two countries. The expedition conducted excavations in 55 historic landmarks between 1996 and 2014 and the French side restored  over 200 finds and handed over to the Mongolian side.