MongoliaKhishig-Undur School

KHISHIG-UNDUR SCHOOL

Khishig-Undur School is located in Bulgan Aimag(Province), Khishig-Undur Soum (Village) 318kilometers northwest of Ulaanbaatar, the capitalcity of Mongolia. The population of Khishig-Undur is 3000, and 60% of the population areyouth. Founded in 1924, the school now enrolls600 students each year, and employs 40 teachers.Because the school serves many nomadic commu-nities around Khishig-Undur Soum, the schoolhas a dormitory that provides accommodations to120 of Khishig-Undur’s students.

Mongolia officially recognizes English as a secondlanguage. Its national curriculum specifies thatEnglish-language education begin in the 4thgrade, and continue through secondary school.Many Mongolians feel that English language skillsare critical to prospering in today’s global markets, and Books for Asia is helping to realizethis goal.

The Asia Foundation’s Books for Asia programprovides quality English-language educational andreference materials on a wide variety of subjects to

schools, libraries, and non-profit research centersthroughout Mongolia. The program encouragesthe free exchange of ideas by supplying materialsin all fields of knowledge, thereby strengtheninginstitutional resources for education and research.Khishig-Undur School has received books fromBooks for Asia in 1997, 1999 and in 2007.

Since 1998, the school has received the topawards for its students studying English languagefor Bulgan Aimag.

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B. Tuvshintungalag was born in 1987 in Khishig-Undur Soum and graduated from Khishig-UndurSchool in 2004. She received a bronze medal as acontestant in the State English Language Olympicsand graduated from the School of Foreign Serviceof the National University of Mongolia. Duringher bachelor’s degree she received a scholarship tostudy in Japan for one year. She interned at TheAsia Foundation from September 2007 to June2008 working on a program to combat traffickingin persons. She is currently employed with TheAsian Development Bank.

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