Улаанбаатар
‘Mid-term Education Sector Development Plan 2030’ presented
Society
Ulaanbaatar
/MONTSAME/ Asian Development Bank's Country Director for Mongolia Pavit
Ramachandran presented the draft Education Sector Master Plan - ‘Medium Term Education
Sector Development Plan 2030’ - to Minister of Education, Culture, Science and
Sports Yo.Baatarbileg. The hand-over ceremony was attended by First Secretary Hiromichi
Miyashita of the Embassy of Japan in Mongolia, senior officials of the
education ministry, and project team members.
Mr. Pavit
Ramachandran emphasized that the draft includes five key policy goals aimed at strengthening
the current quality education system that supports lifelong development of Mongolian
people and reforming the system’s structure.
Minister
Yo.Baatarbileg thanked all of those who took part in developing the draft plan and
expressed his hope that it will serve as a ‘compass’ for the sector’s development.
In February
2018, Ministries of education and finance of Mongolia signed a memorandum of understanding
with ADB on the project titled ‘Supporting the Development of an Education
Sector Master Plan’. In accordance with the MoU, an ADB technical assistance
team and working groups set up by the Minister of Education have drafted the
plan for 18 months since June, 2018.
Those who
developed the draft plan claim it ensures stakeholder engagement more than
ever, encompasses suggestions made by civil society organizations, the
community and parents, and introduces decisive development approaches that aims
at comprehensive development of Mongolian people, political independency of
educational strategies and senior-level appointments, and quality improvement.
To be
specific, it aims to introduce curriculum programs and quality education that suit
cognitive, language, and
behavioral characteristics and social development levels of students and merit-based
human resource policies.
Also, goals
and strategies for lifelong learning and accessible education system that will
allow citizens of all ages to constantly better themselves and improve their
quality of life are proposed in the draft plan.
