Ulaanbaatar
Winners of 25th ‘Foremost Traditional Script Writers of Mongolia’ awarded
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The annual national contest ‘Foremost Traditional Script Writers
of Mongolia-2021’ was successfully organized by MONTSAME National News Agency’s
‘Khumuun Bichig’ newspaper for the 25th year and selected its bests in seven
categories. The awards ceremony was held yesterday on January 10 at the
Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery.
This year, some 1,500 participants sent their works in seven
categories of the contest from throughout the country. Among all works,
participants of Khuvsgul, Tuv and Orkhon aimags sent the most works.
The oldest contestant was 99-year old S.Jigmedsuren from
Sukhbaatar district оf Ulaanbaatar, whereas the youngest was B.Urantogos, a 1st
grade student from the 57th secondary school of the capital city.
The contest’s most prestigious awards – the right to study at
the National University of Mongolia and the Mongolian National University of
Education with a scholarship – have been granted to four 12th grade students.
The Prime Minister of Mongolia has been presenting the prizes
every year since 2000. However, this year, the Minister of Education and
Science and the Minister of Culture attended the awards ceremony and handed the
prizes over to the winners.
In his remarks delivered at the awards ceremony, Minister of
Education and Science L.Enkh-Amgalan said, “As the Mongolian traditional script
is a guarantee for the national security of the Mongolian state as well as Mongolian
intellectual immunity, I issued my first order after being appointed as the Minister
of Education and Science to support the contest. I am delighted to inform that
the Government of Mongolia has resolved to provide all the necessary funding
for the competition from this year on. I would also like to emphasize that we
have an utmost important duty to protect the culture and history written in
Mongolian traditional script as a cultural heritage of humankind and pass it
down to the next generations.”
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