Thesis defense, final and graduate exams to be organized online within June 20 www.montsame.mn
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On April 21, Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sports Yo.Baatarbileg presented about the government and the education ministry’s decision concerning all educational institutions. On April 20, the Education Minister issued an order to reconfigure the operations of universities and colleges as follow:
The minimum admissions score threshold for bachelor degree programs in the academic year of 2020-2021 was set at 480 for state owned universities, 410 for private universities and 400 for locally owned universities, the same as last year.
2019-2020 spring classroom lessons, thesis defense, exams to promote school students to higher grades and graduate exams are moved online and will be completed within June 20, 2020.
Students and authorities of the universities are told not to have a traditional graduation ceremony. The universities have also themselves assured that no celebratory events for their graduates will be held.
Assistance of MNT 169 billion in total will be granted as non-refundable aid from the government’s State Education Fund to 8460 students, who are disabled, extremely poor, half-orphan and orphan to held them cover their tuition and fees. Those students will be involved in the selection of course lessons and graduate exams regardless of their failure to meet tuition fee payment deadlines. The Minister ensured that the money transfer of the students’ grants to the universities, colleges and institutes will be made shortly.
Admission of universities and colleges will be held online nationwide within July 10, 2020.
The Minister also urged the universities and colleges to deal with the issues of tuition fee and dormitory fee payments in a flexible manner with consent from students and ordered them to refund full dorm fees to senior students who moved out of their dorm rooms due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published Date:2020-04-23