Mongolia to Cooperate with Finland in Education Sector
PoliticsUlaanbaatar, April 3, 2023 /MONTSAME/. Minister
of Education and Science L. Enkh-Amgalan met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Finland
to Mongolia, with residence in PRC, Ms. Leena-Kaisa Mikkola on March 28.
At
the beginning of the meeting, the Minister of Education and Science congratulated
on the presentation of her Letter of Credence to the President of Mongolia and
wished her success in her future endeavors.
In
2022, the Working Group of the Ministry of Education and Science to revise the
package of Law on Education visited the Republic of Finland two times in order
to learn from their education system. During the visit, members of the Working
Group visited some government organizations, universities and kindergartens.
The
Ministry of Education and Science and "Eduten" company, a spin-off of
University of Turku, Finland signed Memorandum of Understanding last year. As a
result, Mongolian secondary school students have been able to use Eduten,
digital math learning platform, in their mother language.
Minister of Education and Science
expressed intends to cooperate in short and long term capacity building
training for university teachers, matching funds for students and “President’s
Scholar-2100” scholarship program of the President of Mongolia with Finland's
universities. In response, Ambassador Ms. Leena-Kaisa Mikkola indicated her readiness to further expand
the bilateral cooperation, especially in education sector.