UNICEF Mongolia - Teachers College Columbia University

CHAPTER 3: RECRUITMENT INTO TEACHING
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3.2. THE MONGOLIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
Out of the 20,989 bachelor’s students enrolled in teacher educaon studies across the country, there
were 11,100, or 53%, enrolled in MSUE; 68 percent of them (7,752 students) are women. The lower
percentage of female students enrolled in university, compared to the percentage in the teaching
workforce is noceable, and this interesng phenomenon is addressed later in the report. Due to the
high percentage of students enrolled in teacher educaon in MSUE, this study focuses on MSUE and
leaves aside the numerous other teacher educaon programs. 19
In the academic year 2010/2011, 27.8 percent of the MSUE students received government scholarships
from the State Training Fund and the remaining students were self-financed. Similarly to degree programs
in other higher educaon instuons, the two largest groups of scholarship recipients were children
of government employees (1,108 students) and poor children or children of herder families (1,347
students). In addion, 639 students received a government loan. Loans are supposed to be repaid within
ten years. Graduates who work consecuvely in the public sector for eight years, including five years in a
rural area, are exempt from repaying the loan. However, the repayment policy is not rigorously enforced
and the Government periodically forgives all outstanding loans.
TEACHERS IN MONGOLIA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY ON RECRUITMENT INTO TEACHING,
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RETENTION OF TEACHERS
MSUE has two campuses for the bachelor’s program: Ulaanbaatar with 9,434 students, enrolled in twelve
different departments, and Arkhangai with 1,666 students. The Arkhangai campus only offers primary
teacher educaon. Table 9 presents the twelve departments of MSUE that are offered in the Ulaanbaatar
campus.
Table 9: Enrollment in Mongolian State University of Educaon by Departments
Department
Enrollment
1 Mathemacs and stascs 867
2 Physics and technology 546
3 Educaonal studies 459
4 History and social science 718
5 Foreign language 940
6 Illustraon technology school 673
7 Mongolian studies 829
8 Natural science 1,083
9 Computer and informaon technology (IT) 573
10 Sports and physical educaon 820
11 Primary teacher educaon 1,418
12 Preschool teacher educaon 508
13 Arkhangai Primary Teacher Educaon 1,666
Source: MSUE (2011).
TOTAL 11,100
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19 We would like to thank Professor A.Tsog-Ochir, Vice-President for Training and Cooperaon and Professor D.Tsedevsuren, Manager
of Bachelor, Academic Affairs for providing us the stascal informaon presented in this secon of the report.