The usage of ICT for secondary education in Mongolia

From: International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Mongolia is located in the Northern Asia, bordering with China and Russia (landlocked). Mongolia has a territory of 1,564,116 sq km. The population is 2,791,272 (July 2005 est.), the literacy rate is 97.8% (World Fact book, 2005). The education system consists of pre-school education (kindergarten), general education (primary school 1-5, secondary school 1-9, complete secondary school 10-11), and professional education (universities). Primary and secondary education is free to all by law. In 2004-2005 academic years, 557346 students were reported to be studying at 710 general ...

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