SCHOOL IN DARKHAN GOT NEW DORMITORY

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ As a part of Oyu Tolgoi LLC's ongoing 168 billion MNT investment in the vocational education sector of Mongolia, a school extension building and student dormitory have been built at a cost of 3.8 billion MNT. It was reported Monday on the company's website. The extensions and renovations open opportunities to improve a capacity and training quality, as well as ro improve the living conditions for the students of the vocational educational establishments in the province. This will enable thousands of young people to acquire marketable qualifications and vocations and become skillful workers. The Polytechnic College under the Darkhan-Uul aimag-based University of Science and Technology is among our oldest educational establishments and has trained skilled workers, engineers and technicians for many decades. Modern demands have necessitated more capacity and a sizable extension to the school. The opening ceremony for the school extension and dormitory took place last Sunday and was attended by the member of State Great Khural and Labour Minister, Ya.Sanjmyatav; member of the Board of Directors of Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Ch.Ganbold; staff of the Governor's Office of Darkhan-Uul aimag; other guests and officials. “This school extension enables us to enhance our training environment, capacity and equipment as well as complement our academic curricula with four more vocations. Our dormitory, initially built to accommodate 250 people, has been overcrowded with over 370 students. Now we have completely resolved this problem,” said School Chancellor Sh.Mungunduulga. The extension has a capacity to train 250 students and consists of 4 fully equipped auditoriums, a library, a computer room and a comfortable dormitory for the students with 108 beds. During the opening event, Mr Sanjmyatav emphasised the value of the facility:“After 31 years the school is now moving into a new building. This will encourage students to study harder. The Polytechnic College is a nation-wide establishment where students will be trained from all over Mongolia, not only from the local area. The new dorm will surely increase number of enrollments.” The Polytechnic College has trained 60 students as operators under a contract with Oyu Tolgoi LLC and all these graduates are now working at the Oyu Tolgoi mine. Out of those, eight employees have undergone practical training at the Kennecott Utah Copper mine in the USA, where they upgraded their skills and qualifications. B.Khuder