SEOUL, KOREA - "Korea has successfully made economic growth envied by the world without any resources. I believe this is largely because highly educated people worked hard in industrial workplaces. I am sure this is made possible by high-quality institutions of higher learning. The success case of Korea is a good role model for all Mongolians."

 

Erkembulgan, director in charge of university education for the Mongolian Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science, said this on November 3 at the East Asia-Pacific Workshop 2014 held at the Sheraton Grande Walkerhill, adding, "In order for Mongolia with a population of 3 million to achieve economic development comparable to that of Korea, it is essential to have talents nurtured through a good educational system." He visited Korea to take part in the workshop, the event held before the Global HR Forum 2014.

 

"Since the early 2000s when the country underwent democratization, Mongolia has seen so many new private universities spring up. It, however, led to across-the-board degradation of educational quality and caused a glut in college-educated job seekers," he added. In addition to reforming the system so that universities can produce capable workforce for industry, he further said, he'd like to find ways to help Mongolian university graduates land good jobs in countries like Korea and Russia.

 

"If we learn how research universities like KAIST in Korea could develop their system, I think Mongolian policy makers will find ways forward for their universities. From this forum, I want to look for ideas to help our higher learning system upgrade," he said.

 

Article provided by The Korea Econommic Daily