Ulaanbaatar, August 24, 2023 /MONTSAME/. At its regular session on August 23, 2023, the Cabinet made the following decisions:

Secondary schools affiliated to six state-owned universities will be re-established grounding on branch institutions in Ulaanbaatar and local areas

The Government issued a Resolution on measures to take regarding secondary schools affiliated to some state-owned universities in order to diversify and develop secondary schools in particular areas, clarify the status of university-affiliated secondary schools, reorganize them, reduce school load, and increase accessibility.

According to the Resolution, secondary schools affiliated to six state-owned universities will be re-organized based on branch institutions in Ulaanbaatar and local areas, and policies and activities will be implemented to strengthen the gymnasium or secondary school system by implementing comprehensive measures.

Thus:

- The status of secondary schools affiliated to the state-owned universities will become definite.

- Secondary schools, affiliated to some state-owned universities, will create educational services that meet the demands of students with in-depth natural science content.

- It will become possible to train citizens with scientific knowledge and a desire to conduct research who meet the basic requirements for training engineers, teachers and other specialists with knowledge and skills in the natural sciences necessary for the country's economic priorities.

- It will become possible to count the content acquired from a specialized secondary school for admission to a university or a college. In connection with the above decision, the Minister of Education and Science L. Enkh-Amgalan was instructed to take comprehensive measures to compile and enhance teaching human resources, provide teachers and employees with work places and rotate them, develop programs of secondary schools under universities in conformity with international standards, and create a stage-by-stage system of secondary and higher education programs. 

The system of technical and vocational education training institutions will be updated

A Government Resolution on the measures to take in respect of some state-owned higher educational institutions, and technical and vocational education training institutions is in the process of issuance.

· Improve governance and training quality of local vocational and polytechnic colleges.

· Transfer students of some major professional programs of universities to the countryside by a joint program in a stage-by-stage manner.

· Implementation of training, research, and industrial internship cooperation with branch schools of local polytechnic colleges and universities.

· Implementation of a system of compensating credit hours when students in agricultural and engineering programs of polytechnic colleges continue to study at a university.

· Establishment of an Agricultural interdisciplinary internship base for technical and vocational education, and higher education.

· It is estimated to result in the increase of opportunities to study leading fields in rural areas.   

The National Education Council was established

With the establishment of this Council, conditions for sustainable implementation of the collective accountable education policy ensuring the participation of the state and the public, sustainable implementation of the educational policy of shared responsibility, implementation of public-private partnership and inter-sectoral coordination, fulfillment of human rights and freedoms, and implementation of training contents, programs, plans, and textbooks that cherish democratic and humanistic ethics. The Prime Minister of Mongolia will chair this Council.

Information technology services will be performed by the private sector and non-governmental organizations

The Resolution "On the measures to take regarding the implementation of information technology services by the private sector and non-governmental organizations" was approved.

The Minister of Digital Development and Communications was tasked to approve and implement the criteria for placing products and services in the "National Software Supermarket" /Mindgolia/ system, and the Minister of Finance was instructed to create the conditions for purchasing from the system, and coordinate with the procurement digital system specified in the Law on the Purchase of Goods, Works and Services with State and Local Property Funds. 

Brief news:

· A five-year special permit for the construction of the basic structure for the Mongolian-Chinese "Gashuunsukhait-Gantzmod" cross-border railway was granted to "Tavantolgoi Railway" LLC.

· The Draft Law on the Ratification of the "Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education 2019" was discussed upon and decided to be submitted to the Parliament.

· The Cabinet discussed and approved the Guidelines for the representatives of Mongolia to participate in VII Session of the Mongolia-United States Joint Trade and Investment Committee to be held on August 29, 2023 in Ulaanbaatar.

· The 1994 Convention on Nuclear Safety, 1997 Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, 2005 Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, and the Safeguards Implementation Guide for States with Small Quantities Protocols were discussed and supported by the Cabinet. It was decided to consult with the related Standing Committee of the State Great Khural.

· Procedures for developing and approving performance plans for full-time civil servants, and evaluating performance, results, and qualification levels were approved.