Studies on the Policy of Distance Education in Mongolia

• Main Authors: Tsolmongerel.B, 巴旭明
• Other Authors: Fwu-Yuan Weng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/07844644873762455507

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 教育政策與行政學系 === 103 === Distance education has become increasingly popular, therefore going to be the main trend of global education recently following rapid development of information technology and Internet. Mongolian government legislated “Distance Education National Program” in 2002 to create a system which can enable Mongolian people to get an education without barrier of distance and time, furthermore to provide education programs with multiple possibilities, flexible, open and accessible to anybody, with good quality and efficiency. This paper examined the historical development of Mongolian distance education, current situation, the policies which have taken by Mongolian government by using documentary analysis. Based on my research examination, I’ve found that initial steps of modern distance education have been taken in Mongolia and it has been already 10 years since Mongolian government took first policy toward distance education; therefore it’s progressing further step by step. It’s necessary and inevitable to develop distance education in Mongolian given its geographical challenge with large territory and sparsely located population; in addition to that, distance education can offer enormous opportunity for Mongolian rural population since there is large gap between Mongolian rural and urban population considering education accessibility and its quality. Today, everybody has a cellphone and even every rural family has a television in Mongolia, therefore since information technology has become party of life for every Mongolian person, there is a room for distance education to develop more and play more roles in education sector based on this information technology availability. To develop more efficient and healthy distance education, there is a need of systematic policy. But Mongolian distance education lacks systematic, complex policy. The policies which have been taken till today are not well connected; therefore development of distance education is not taking place rapidly in Mongolia. The researcher has recommended several policy issues and steps should be taken concerning development of distance education for policy makers and researchers.