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 | Modern Education Fund of Mongolia (MEFM)'s vision is to institute a revolutionary change in Mongolian education system
We believe that as well as being of immediate benefit to Mongolian school pupils, our idea will have long term implications in helping our nation's small population move towards a much brighter future. |
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Why is MEFM need?
The greeter of our fund is Mr. Ankbayar Baasanjav. He was born in Bayanhongor province, a remote area in the Southwest of the country, about 600 kilometers from the national capital Ulaanbaatar. Until he was accepted into the chemistry faculty of the National University of Mongolia in 2001, Ankhbayar had never left his native province. His arrival in Ulaanbaatar marked the first time he had ever seen a computer. This reflects the low level of awareness that Mongolians, particularly those outside Ulaanbaatar, had of advancing technologies at the time. Graduating as one of the top students in the country and establishing Condor, Ankhbayar has come a long way since then. Unfortunately, in many ways, Mongolia has not. There are few Mongolians today who can claim to have never seen a computer before, and the vast majority of both provincial, and county, capitals now have internet access. Sadly, the Mongolian education system has not matched this technical revolution. In the 6 years following his first encounter with a computer Ankhbayar and his partners keenly observed the knowledge and understanding young Mongolian pupils held; their conclusions were not promising. Due to its Communist past, and strong Russian influence, Mongolian education is, in some ways, quite far ahead of the other developing countries of East Asia, as reflected in its 97% literacy rate. Despite this Mongolia remains a very poor country, with around 35% of its people thought to be living in poverty. Unfortunately, the potential for young Mongolians to being able to build on their basic education in order to help lift the country out of poverty, is being squandered because Mongolian education has been far too slow to adapt to our fast changing world. Mongolia's highly capable youth is being held back by an outdated system in which many lessons and textbooks are 20-30 years behind current trends. If the future of Mongolia is to be a bright one then this situation cannot be considered acceptable and therefore, must be changed.
That is why we decided to establish a new organization called the. Our fund's goal is to radically update Mongolia's educational information, and give Mongolian children the opportunity to fulfill their potential. |
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What will do at first?
Before all we are planning to prepare our basis immediately. For this goal, we had written a project named MEFM. And we have began work for that.
We plan to prepare updated, interactive lessons, in 15 key subjects. Because our courses are interactive, they will be available to children throughout Mongolia, meaning that it is not just those living in the capital that will benefit from our innovative approach. The goal of this project is to supplement Mongolia's competent, but archaic, in-school education, with lessons from engaged, enthusiastic and forward thinking teachers who are aware of the knowledge that will allow students to achieve success in the 21st Century world. Through the use of pre-recorded online video classes, downloadable slide shows and pdf files (for those with slow internet connections), and posted dvds and cassettes (for those with no internet connection), we will, when fully operational, have the potential to reach all of Mongolia's 300,000 strong upper-grade student population. This is a lofty goal, but it is one that we are confident of achieving. However, in order to establish ourselves and cover start-up costs, we are in desperate need of funding. The funding we require will allow us to open a new central office, consisting of a computer center, programming department, TV studio and main office. In the computer center we will set up 50 computers so that pupils who are unable to get internet access of their own, will be able to use the service we are providing. The task of the programming department will be to prepare interactive versions of lessons for internet use, and the modest TV studio will be used to prepare video versions of lessons. |
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