Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia awards UNESCO officials for outstanding contribution to improving education sector
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ UNESCO
has made a valuable contribution to the development of Mongolia’s education
sector over the past decade by conducting policy reviews and baseline studies,
such as the Education Policy Review Report, TVET Policy review, and the Country
Background Report on the Education sector.
UNESCO officials, Ms Marielza
Oliveira and Mr Gwang-Chol Chang, who played a vital role in developing these
policy documents, were awarded the Honorary Decoration for the Achievement in
the Field of Education, and Ms Satoko Yano, Mr Keith Holmes, and Mr Hiromichi
Katayama were awarded the Certificate of Appreciation. The awards were handed
over by H.E. U.Nyamkhuu, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
Mongolia to the French Republic, Mr. D.Badarch, Advisor to the Minister, Mr.
S.Boldsaikhan, Secretary-General of the Mongolian National Commission for
UNESCO, and Ms. S.Uyanga, Counselor at the Embassy of Mongolia to France, on
behalf of L.Enkh-Amgalan, Minister of Education and Science of Mongolia, at the
UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France on November 19, 2021.
The policy reviews and reports
developed by these officials together with the Mongolian experts have made a
valuable contribution to the development of a package of education laws
currently being discussed by the Mongolian Parliament. In addition, these
reports and studies contain recommendations for identifying ways to improve the
education sector in line with the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development
Goals and Mongolia’s long-term development policy, 'Vision 2050’.
Source:
Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO
