REMARKS BY PRESIDENT KHALTMAAGIIN BATTULGA AT THE CLOSING OF THE YOUTH FOR ENGLISH PROGRAM
“Distinguished teachers, students, and young people,
A very good morning!
Within the framework of the Policy and Action Plan of the President of Mongolia, we have implemented several projects and subprograms in scope of our Future of Mongolia Program, which aims to promote youth development, increase recreational activities and instill patriotism in our young citizens.
With due regard to the development of students and young people, we established an Adjunct Council on Youth Development in 2018. Within its responsibility of the Council, the corresponding presidential advisors met over 20 thousand pupils of 10-12th grade and over 16 thousand students in the 21 provinces of the country and nine districts of the capital city in the course of the last two years and reported to me on the outcome of these interactions.
The most common request made by young people in our country was to help them learn English and increase their chances of working while on summer vacation. Without a doubt, this request came from young people who have felt the pulse of the time they are living in and have identified their needs. Learning a foreign language, especially the English language, will provide young people with a wide range of opportunities of gaining knowledge, idea, and information from the sea of information that is the internet. Proficiency in English enables you to communicate with other in every corner of the world. Therefore, learning English should be the goal and necessity of every young person.
I am pleased to inform you, students, of our plan to realize your requests of working while studying and earning small income.
An example is this event. So far, over 2,600 students living in the 21 provinces and the nine districts of the capital city took part in and were hired temporarily within the framework of our Working Student Program to earn a total sum of salary and bonus worth MNT 530 million.
The Youth for English Program has come to its conclusion after 21 days of learning. Upon the announcement of this program, we received 4,530 applications within four days. While studying, the participants of this program contributed to causes for the well-being of the society and did real work. The participants of the program collected 4 tonnes of garbage along the banks of River Tuul for a distance of 13.8 kilometer, in an act that encouraged the citizens. Congratulations.
I would like to extend my gratitude to the universities, the media, and teachers who made this program possible with their support and cooperation.
Let me also congratulate the young people who actively participated in the program and recharged themselves with a motivation for learning and advise them to continue with their studies!”
