Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Ministry of Education and Science has signed a four-year Memorandum of Understanding with the Erdenet Mining Enterprise to collaborate in developing the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST)’s Erdenet college in Orkhon aimag specifically in the fields of mining and technology.

During the meeting, they discussed about Mongolian-German cooperation in the field of education, the status of the German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology, and the launch of a Master's program in vocational education.

The Minister of Education and Science of Mongolia welcomes UNICEF Representative in Mongolia Mr Evariste Kouassi Komlan

The Ministry of Education and Science has successfully organized the 2021 meeting of its donor organizations. Resident representatives of the World Bank Group, Asian Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, and the United Nations, Ambassadors of the United States, France, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, and Italy, and some staff of Embassies and international organizations attended the meeting. Ambassadors representing Mongolia abroad also took part in the meeting virtually.

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. 

On June 24, Minister of Education and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan presented the bill for the General Law on Education to Speaker G.Zandanshatar. Alongside its corresponding bills, the bill for the General Law on Education was decided to be submitted to the parliament during a Cabinet meeting on January 20, 2021. Eight consulting teams were established for drafting the bill, which consisted of scholars and researchers of various universities and colleges, and scientific organizations.

An event to launch digital transformation in educational sector was launched on June 11, Friday with Minister of Education and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan, Minister of Finance B.Javkhlan and officials and specialists from the Education Ministry, schools and kindergartens across the country in attendance. 

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.

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”