First phase of ‘Education for Sustainable Development’ project concluded

Environment
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2018-12-04 17:58:01

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. With its aims as developing children and youth into environmentally and socially responsible world-citizens, as well as having them learn how to work and live together and how global issues, such as climate change, can be solved, the ‘Education for Sustainable Development’ project, initiated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Sports and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, is currently being implemented with the funding of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Uppsala University of Sweden and Institute for International Cooperation in Education (IZB) partnered in the implementation of the project’s first phase, which began in 2015.

The event was attended by State Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Head of the project administration committee Ts.Tsengel, Deputy Director for the SDC in Mongolia Ilaria Dali, Country Director of GIZ Daniel Passon, Project Director A.Amgalan as well as governors of the aimags and representatives of kindergartens and schools, where the project has been implemented.

State Secretary Ts.Tsengel highlighted that the project was implemented in 6 aimags and they prioritized creating ‘Green eco’ schools and basic education, and trained 3,000 teachers for the project. He then noted that all schools should eventually have the “green” standard.

Deputy Director for the SDC in Mongolia, Member of the project administration committee Ilaria Dali noted that through the reform of the educational program, not only eco schools were able to get support, but also children were able to receive both practical and academic knowledge. She then said, “Some schools have created green areas, such as building a greenhouse, which they use as a training facility. The children are also taught how to sort waste as well as ways to save energy. The project is sure to bring even more positive results.”

Country Director of GIZ Daniel Passon said, “In the past 4 years, we prioritized the further development of partnership between the educational and environmental sector, and how to efficiently implement sustainable development in the policy of the country, sectors and organizations. We have also given priority to how “green development” should be implemented in training programmes and revision of course textbooks.

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