Ulaanbaatar
School for Mongolian children opens in Seoul
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A Mongolian school has opened in Seoul, South Korea in light of the implementation of the Mongolian President’s initiative aimed to pass down the traditions, culture and mother tongue to Mongolian children, who were born and are living in foreign countries.
The school is named “Mongolian Weekend School” and located in the Seoul Global Center. The opening ceremony, which took place on March 12, was attended by Mongolian Ambassador in Seoul B.Ganbold, Mayor of Seoul Park Won-soon and other officials, as well as nearly 150 people including Mongolian parents and teachers.
The school will be operational on Sundays for 7-12 year old children.
Today, a total of 35 thousand Mongolians are living in South Korea, more than 2,000 of whom are children. The school curricula were developed based on the results of Embassy’s complete survey among Mongolian nationals in the country and the studies on programs in national general education schools. Mongolian Weekend School will teach Mongolian language, cognitive and art subject and have play dates incorporating Mongolian traditional games.
