National Committee on promoting Olympism and ensuring human development indicators holds its first meeting
SocietyUlaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The National Committee in charge of
promoting Olympism, ensuring human development indicators and improving quality
of life held its first meeting on August 28.
Prime Minister L. Oyun-Erdene opened the meeting, saying “This
committee will focus on improving the quality of life of citizens and the basic
indicators of human development. In the Human Development Index report,
Mongolia ranks 92nd out of 189 countries in the world. Therefore, the National Committee needs to pay
attention to each indicator of the index and ensure coordination between sectors.”
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of
average achievement in three key
dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable
and have a decent standard of living.
At the meeting, Minister of Health and member of the
National Committee S. Enkhbold said, “Currently, 14 types of preventive and early
detection checkups are being carried out in Mongolia based on age, gender and
health risks. However, the coverage of this medical checkups is very low, or
7.8 percent of the total population over the age of 18 has been involved in the
early-detection checkups. Respiratory diseases account for the majority of leading
causes of morbidity in the population. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading
cause of death. Therefore, six types of precautionary measures are being
implemented. According to the study, the half of all adults and one third of
school-age children are overweight. Therefore, it is necessary to continue the
current measures and create a legal environment to build the knowledge,
attitudes and practices of citizens for a healthy and active life. ”
Moreover, Minister of Education and Science and deputy head
of the National Committee L.Enkh-Amgalan made a presentation on the education sector.
He said, “Mongolia ranks 92nd out of 189 countries in the Human Development
Index and 103rd out of 189 countries in the Education Index. The education
sector has some problems such as poor organizational structure, management and
governance, big gaps in rural and urban education, inadequate coherence between
education levels, unsustainable curricula, as well as underdeveloped lifelong
learning systems. Thus, we are working to develop the reform of the education
sector through the principles of a lifelong education system. Conducting legal
reforms in the education sector through the General Education Law is expected
to increase the human development rate to 0.85 percent, the poverty rate to 15
percent and the unemployment rate to 7 percent by 2030. ”
As a conclusion of the meeting, Prime Minister L.Oyun-Erdene
obliged the members of the National Committee to work ensuring the sectoral
coherence to improve the human development index, while stressing an importance
of intensifying cultural changes among the population.