DECISIVE ACTIONS ARRANGED FOR VOCATIONAL CENTERS

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The Cabinet meeting on Wednesday obliged the Minister of Science education, culture, Yo.Otgonbayar to work out a master plan on developing vocational education training, within the first half year of 2012. It has also been decided to take step-by-step measures for educating, skilling, retraining and empowering teachers from the academic year of 2012-2013, to make Ministies cooperate closer, to improve responsibility and participation of employers for vocational education training, to have alumni get in touch with practice and work places. The Cabinet has tasked Ministers to create a budget system based on vocational expense, education and training standards and decide it within the first half year of 2012, to add investments for widening training organizations' buildings and dormitories, renewing training base and labs. The Cabinet has also talked about educating specialized workers for the biggest projects like Oyu tolgoi and Tavan tolgoi. This year, a number of studying in the technical and vocational education training centers young people stands at 67 thousand, which is a 75-percent fulfilment of the government's goal to have 90 thousand. In 2010-2011, there were 18 thousand alumni, of whom 55 percent found their jobs within six months after the graduation. B.Oyundelger