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198523
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ADB WANTS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, /MONTSAME/ The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced it decided to grant a loan of USD 20 million to Mongolia and implement a project dedicated to the educational sector of Mongolia. This loan will help the Mongolia's government improve the quality of its higher education system and increase enrollment by youth from poor, remote communities, the ADB has said.
"The ultimate goal is to boost the number of graduates who have the skills to match Mongolia's changing economic needs, and who can bring international standards to its labor markets," said Robert Schoellhammer, a country director of the ADB for Mongolia.
The project will aid the government's plan by funding research facilities, staff training, e-learning centers and testing centers. It will aim to strengthen management capacity at universities to improve accountability and transparency, and will support new public-private partnerships and twinning arrangements with industry and foreign institutions to develop labor market-ready graduates. It will also seek to tackle current imbalances in the system where few students from poor families in remote areas take higher education courses, and boys-despite being strongly outnumbered by girls-get the bulk of jobs on offer after graduation.
"Assistance will be given to increase state support mechanisms for students who are poor or living in distant areas, and for policies that can improve gender balance," said Eisuke Tajima, an education specialist in ADB's East Asia Department, adding that as part of this initiative, four rural institutions will be chosen to pilot distance learning courses to reach out to more students.
The ADB's loan from its concessional Asian Development Fund has a 32-year term and will fund 90 per cent of the project cost with the government providing an additional USD 2.2 million. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science will manage the project which is due for completion by December 2016.
B.Khuder
"The ultimate goal is to boost the number of graduates who have the skills to match Mongolia's changing economic needs, and who can bring international standards to its labor markets," said Robert Schoellhammer, a country director of the ADB for Mongolia.
The project will aid the government's plan by funding research facilities, staff training, e-learning centers and testing centers. It will aim to strengthen management capacity at universities to improve accountability and transparency, and will support new public-private partnerships and twinning arrangements with industry and foreign institutions to develop labor market-ready graduates. It will also seek to tackle current imbalances in the system where few students from poor families in remote areas take higher education courses, and boys-despite being strongly outnumbered by girls-get the bulk of jobs on offer after graduation.
"Assistance will be given to increase state support mechanisms for students who are poor or living in distant areas, and for policies that can improve gender balance," said Eisuke Tajima, an education specialist in ADB's East Asia Department, adding that as part of this initiative, four rural institutions will be chosen to pilot distance learning courses to reach out to more students.
The ADB's loan from its concessional Asian Development Fund has a 32-year term and will fund 90 per cent of the project cost with the government providing an additional USD 2.2 million. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science will manage the project which is due for completion by December 2016.
B.Khuder
