Ulaanbaatar
National youth forum held for the fifth year
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“Let’s unite our
power: Youth Leadership” fifth national forum on youth development was
organized on August 25 in Ulaanbaatar with the participation of the Mongolian
Prime Minister U.Khurelsukh. In line with the Youth Day, celebrated
in Mongolia every August 25, a month-long campaign for youth development is
being organized by the Government of Mongolia from August 12 to September 12.
Delegates of the government and non-government organizations, as well as local
and international organizations engaged in youth development activities took
part in the general forum of the campaign.
Premier U.Khurelsukh opened the forum with a speech on
government efforts and actions towards the development of young people in Mongolia
and their participation in the government activities. As young people make up
33 percent of the population of Mongolia, PM U.Khurelsukh emphasized that the
future of Mongolia depends on the youths.
He further informed about the government actions for the youths,
which include, a newly-established organization for youth development, law on
youth development, which was approved in 2017 for the first time in Mongolia as
well as a national program “Student with income” and educational loan fund, where
students are able to receive loans from the fund for tuition and repay after
their graduation. He also introduced about the government's plans to increase
the monthly stipend for students of vocational educational schools and to
establish a youth development fund. In 2018, the aforementioned educational
loan fund provided loans totaling MNT 13.1 billion for 9231 students. This
year, it is planned that around 11 thousand students will get loans amounting
to MNT 33 billion.
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