PRESIDENT ELBEGDORJ MEETS REPS OF MIT

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The leader of Mongolia Ts.Elbegdorj Tuesday received a delegation headed by a director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for external relations affairs. The MIT delegation is visiting us at invitation of the Ministry of Education and Science in order to get acquainted with activities of our higher education organizations. At the meeting, Mr Elbegdorj said that Mongolia gives an importance to the partnership between the MIT and Mongolian universities, "this partnership will be fully supported by the President and Government of Mongolia. and I believe that this will give certain impetus to the development of our country". The he expressed a hope that this partnership, based on the education and sciences field, "will be the basis for bringing into Mongolia the world class education and that Mongolia will be an education hub in the region by expanding such partnership". Mongolian education sector will make good progress by attracting internationally recognized scientists and teachers, he added. "By cooperating with the MIT, Mongolian universities will be able to provide the top education programs of the world. The President’s decree to grant our Government scholarships for students who have been selected by the world top 100 ranked universities is closely related with the current event,' he said.