DISCUSSION RUNS ON DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The parliamentary Standing committee on social policy, education, culture and science Friday organized a discussion themed "Developmental ways and solutions for higher and vocational education" in the State House. This discussion ran in conjunction with formulating the state policy on education. A chairman of working group to draw up the policy Ya.Sodbaatar addressed the gathered, stressing that the state policy on education, passed in 1995, must be updated to refine a quality and content of education and to get a clause on ensuring trained staffers with job places at the market. "This document must determine the Mongolian of the 21st century and form a competitiveness of Mongolia at the educational secto," he said. A head of the Strategy, Policy and Planning Department of the Ministry of Education and Science B.Nasanbayar gave a report titled "State policy on education and reforms", underlining that Mongolia is putting the educational sector in one of the social priorities. After this, an advisor to the project on reforms for higher education R.Bat-Erdene delivered "Tendency and prospect of higher education" report to highlight a comparative study of educational tendencies of foreign countries and their training programmes. The discussion attracted D.Battsogt, a head of the Standing committee on social policy, education, culture and science; A.Bakei, a head of the Standing committee on state structure; L.Gantomor, the Minister of Education and Science; Yo.Otgonbayar, S.Odontuya, L.Erdenechimeg; D.Lundeejantsan MPs; directors of universities, institutes and vocational training centers.