On May 12, a document of the project towards supporting school food manufacturing and services was signed by Head of the Department of Primary and Secondary Education of the Ministry of Education and Science T.Nyam-Ochir and Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Mongolia Office E.Tamura.

This week coincides with the 100 days of the Government. In these 100 days, the Ministry of Education and Science has opened the door for Mongolian students to study at three US universities at low-cost opportunities.

The Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism, with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, are successfully organizing the fourth day of the International Virtual Conference on “Sustainable development education partnership and cooperation” within the framework of the “Education for Sustainable Development-II” project.

ORDER OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF MONGOLIA /2020-12-17/ A/189

Primary and secondary education sector brief introduction. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 839 general education schools (672 public and 167 private) are operating in the country. Of the total number of schools, 72 are elementary, 109 middle, 611 high schools and 47 complex schools.

A brief introduction to the pre-primary education sector In the 2020-2021 academic year, there are 1454 (public 948, private 506) kindergartens operating in Mongolia. Nationally, 247,040 children in 8,499 groups are included in preschool education sector.

Higher education sector brief introduction. The number of universities and colleges operating in Mongolia in the 2020-2021 academic year is 88, of which 37 (42%) are universities, 48 (54.6%) are higher education institutions, and 3 (3.4%) are colleges. Of the 48 universities, 3 (6.3%) are foreign universities. Of the total schools, 65 (73.9%) are non-government, 20 (22.7%) are state-owned, and 3 (3.4%) are public / religious.

Minister of Education and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan received Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba to Mongolia Raúl Delgado Concepcion.  At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador highlighted that Cuba allocates 51 percent of its yearly national budget for the sectors of healthcare and education, with 28 percent of the GDP being utilized for education.

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.