MPs meet GIZ and German Embassy officials

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2018-04-24 11:24:31
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development Norbert Barthle will visit Mongolia to attend a conference on vocational training.
 
The information was conveyed to MPs Yo.Baatarbileg and D.Terbishdagva on April 23 during a meeting with Daniel Passon, Country Director of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and Dr. Christian Glass, Head of the Development Cooperation Division of the German Embassy in Mongolia. The sides mainly discussed cooperation in education sector at the meeting.
 
Mr. Passon spoke about the German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology in Nalaikh district,  major outcomes of bilateral education cooperation, and a plan to allocate USD 7 million soft loan required to finance the expansion of the campus with laboratory and equipment. This year marks the 5th anniversary of the Institute.


 
Yo.Baatarbileg, Head of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Policy, Education, Culture and Science, appreciated the fruitful education cooperation between the two countries and talked about the state of higher education in Mongolia.
 
More than 170 thousand students currently acquire higher education in about 100 universities and higher education institutes. However, the number of students in the 83 vocational training centers is four times lower or about 35.8 thousand. Statistics show that about 30 percent of university graduates and about 50 percent of vocational training center graduates are guaranteed to be employed.
 
The MPs expressed interest in cooperating with Germany on higher education reform, establishing institutes in campuses and strengthening the vocational training centers in Mongolia.
 
MP Yo.Baatarbileg expressed the commitment of the Standing Committee to cooperate in realizing the plans and activities discussed at the meeting.
Kh.Aminaa

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