Scholarships Programme in Mongolia

Projet terminé
Since 2006, SDC, in cooperation with Zorig Foundation, awarded scholarships to more than 700 students from low-income families in Mongolia © SDC

Access to a higher education is a key element in the poverty reduction strategy of the Mongolian Government. Well-educated people can work in the secondary and tertiary sectors, the later already contributing about 50% to the GDP of Mongolia. Yet because many herders live at a subsistence or even lower level, higher education is not affordable without a reduction in animal numbers below the minimum level for an absolute minimal living standard.

 

Pays/région Thème Période Budget
Mongolie
Education
Enseignement supérieur
20.10.2014 - 31.05.2018
CHF  200’000
Contexte

The initiative of Zorig Foundation to provide scholarships to university students from low income families is coherent with the Swiss Cooperation Strategy in Mongolia , which is to contribute to improved and securer livelihoods of herder and ex-herder families.

Therefore, SDC partners with the Zorig Foundation to implement “Scholarship Programme” to address these unequal chances for gifted youngsters of poor families. Each year about 150 students receive scholarships, equalling to 80 percent of their tuition fee.

The beneficiaries are also required to design and implement a small social project, learning to do a project and effective team work. All graduating students were enabled to successfully complete their studies and find jobs.

Objectifs

The overall goal of the programme is to provide access to tertiary education for bright young men and women from rural and urban disadvantaged families.

Groupes cibles

University students from low-income families 

Effets à moyen terme

Outcome 1: 200 male and female talented students improve their employability by receiving scholarships for demand-oriented higher education.  

Outcome 2:  Through participation in community development projects, students contribute to social development in urban and rural areas.

Résultats

Résultats obtenus:  

  • More than 800 students from low-income families have been awarded university tuition in the past eight years;
  • A study in 2014 found that more than 90 percent of scholarship recipients found jobs after graduation.


Direction/office fédéral responsable DDC
Crédit Coopération au développement
Partenaire de projet Partenaire contractuel
ONG internationale ou étrangère


Autres partenaires

Zorig Foundation 

Budget Phase en cours Budget de la Suisse CHF    200’000 Budget suisse déjà attribué CHF    154’579
Phases du projet

Phase 3 20.10.2014 - 31.05.2018   (Completed)