Улаанбаатар
New School Year: Over 75,000 Children Enter Secondary Schools
Society
Ulaanbaatar, September 1, 2023 /MONTSAME/. Today on September 1, the
first lesson of the secondary schools in the new school year begins with a
video lesson by the President of Mongolia Khurelsukh Ukhnaa on the topic
"Kharkhorum, the Capital of the World."
In the 2023-2024 school year, 75,100 children will enroll at the first grade nationwide. This year 781,000 children will study in secondary schools making increase of 35,000 children from the last year. About 40,000 teenagers will study in vocational education and 22,000 new teenagers will be enrolled. In higher educational institutions, 147,000 youth will study and 25,000 youth will enter institutes and universities.
Apart
from legitimizing the start
and the end of
classes in pre-school facilities and secondary schools, the number of class days during the school year was set to be 170-185 days in conformity with international standards. Since the four-term
structure was approved,
the official letter on the
training plan has been delivered to all aimags. The time schedule of the curriculum has not been changed, and
the regulations were made to enable the schools to decide on
their own examination weeks, issues pertaining to public holidays, and spend
more time for children’s development and protection.
This school year, 302 thousand children are preliminarily registered in the pre-school facilities, i.e. kindergartens. The second round of registration for the capital's kindergartens will be organized soon, but estimates suggest over 71,000 new children to be enrolled.
