Ten Mongolian orphans will receive three years of education in
Erenhot, a city in north China's Inner
Mongolia Autonomous Region, beginning September 1 this year.
The opportunity is a result of a new Sino-Mongolian agreement on
education cooperation.
The agreement was signed between the Mongolian National
Authority for Children (NAC) and the Erenhot municipal government
earlier this week. The agreement sets the stage for future
exchanges between
China and Mongolia.
"It is the beginning of cooperation between Mongolia and China
on juvenile education, which will benefit the education and culture
of Mongolia," said NAC head, Togtokhnyam, who is heading a
Mongolian delegation on a visit to Erenhot. Many Mongolian people
use only a single name.
Togtokhnyam said that under the agreement, Mongolia will send
students to China each year until 2008.
Every summer vacation, Ulan Bator in Mongolia and Erenhot in
Inner Mongolia will organize 30 to 50 children for an exchange
visit.
The NAC was established in 1925 and became an implementing
agency of the government of Mongolia in 2001.
(Xinhua News Agency January 13, 2005)