Mongolia to Cooperate with Finland in Education Sector

Politics
b.ganchimeg@montsame.gov.mn
2023-04-03 07:56:20

Ulaanbaatar, 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.

 

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