Parliament appoints new Minister of Education www.montsame.mn
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ During its plenary session on June 9, Friday, Parliament backed Prime Minister J.Erdenebat’s proposal to appoint academician G.Chuluunbaatar as the Minister of Education, Culture, Science and Sports.
Following the Prime Minister’s proposal to Parliament Speaker M.Enkhbold, Mongolian People’s Party group in Parliament met and supported the proposal on the same day, June 8.
Parliament thus voted up the appointment of the new Education Minister to succeed J.Batsuuri who was dismissed last week in the aftermath of national examination material leaks.
Members of Parliament entrusted the newly appointed Minister to pay special attention to education policy issues, initiate the mission to relocate universities and colleges outside of the capital city, improve the quality of primary and secondary education and develop educational infrastructure.
The newly appointed Education Minister studied philosophy and social science at the National University of Mongolia, and he has worked in a number of academic and research institutes.
Prior to his appointment, G.Chuluunbaatar has been serving as Director of Institute of Philosophy of Mongolian Academy of Sciences since 2013. He worked as President of Mongolian Academy of Governance in 2008-2013. He was Chief Advisor to Parliament Speaker from 2000 to 2008.
Kh.Aminaa
Published Date:2017-06-09