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Participants of the MELINC project participated in the 10th Anniversary of Cooperation events between the Mongolian National University of Education and Nagoya University in Ulaanbaatar.

Dr. Odgerel Dandii was honored with the “Polar Star” award from the Government of Mongolia during the Naadam Celebration 2023 for her  contribution to the education development in Mongolia, including her efforts for internationalisation within the Erasmus+ “Teachers Training for Read More …

Ulaanbaatar experts, under the leadership of Prof. Odgerel Dandii, disseminated the MELINC outputs and outcomes at the scientific conference on “Education, Health, Scientific Relations and Cooperation between Mongolia and Japan” which was organized at the Mongolian National University of Medical Read More …

MNUE conducted a series of dissemination workshops about the Poland intensive training program (programme in annex) at MNUE for about a hundred teachers from MNUE and other institutions.A workshop was held with the project leaders to discuss the equipment for Read More …

In-service training about the MELINC outcomes on the “Nature and Practice of Inclusive Education” was held for the Vocational training school.

Khovd experts B. Dorj. and D. Unurnasan disseminated the MELINC outputs and outcomes in the schools of the Gobi-Altai province. They organized training session for the teachers of Gobi-Altai branch of Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences and informed them Read More …

In-service training about the MELINC outcomes on the “Nature and Practice of Inclusive Education” was held for teachers of Secondary schools #2, #3, #5, the Buyant soum schools in the Bayan -Olgii province.

Prof. Odgerel Dandii visited the “Department of Family, Children and Youth Development of Bayan-Olgii Province” and exchanged ideas with the officials of the department and some officials of Norwegian Lutheran mission NGO in western region on cooperation and organization of Read More …

The UB MELINC team disseminated the project outcomes in the western part of Mongolia in the Bayan-Olgii prefecture. Bayan-Olgii is located 1,760 km from the capital Ulaanbaatar in the Altai mountain area, bordering Russia and China. It has a population Read More …

On 13 April 2023, the Khovd experts who participated in the intensive training in Poland disseminated the results of their intensive training in their university (Khovd branch of the National University of Mongolia).

Members of the Mongolian delegation conducted a reflection workshop on the intensive training in Poland. What did we learn in Poland? What inclusive education examples did we find interesting to be implemented in Mongolia? How can we incorporate new knowledge Read More …

Representatives of the MELINC delegation met with members of AFS and YFU and participated in discussions regarding challenges and opportunities in sending pupil for long-term mobilities in EU and Mongolia.

Twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities participated in the seminar on legal aspects of inclusive education at the UoB Faculty of Law with experts from the European Commission (Representation in Poland), Team Europe, the European Agency for Read More …

Twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities followed the training at the Specialised Centre for Supporting Inclusive Education (SCWEW) in Białystok.

Twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities followed the training on deaf blindness as (in)visible group of people with disabilities conducted by dr Tomasz Kasprzak of the Faculty of Education of the University of Bialystok.

Twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities participated in the workshop at the UoB Faculty of Education on the use of Universal Design for Learning to enhance inclusive education by dr Krzysztof Czykier.

The Mongolian delegation participated in the international conference on the use of UDL to enhance inclusive education, organised by the local association for teachers and the Faculty of Education of the University of Bialystok.

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Twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities engaged in practical training in Białystok at the Stanisław Staszic Technical and Comprehensive School Complex in the integration and inclusive classes.In the late afternoon, they visited the OSTO Centre in Białystok Read More …

Practical training in groups of the twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities at the non-public therapeutic work adjustment school “Prologue” (Niepubliczna Terapeutyczna Szkoła Przysposabiająca do Pracy “Prolog”) and at the non-public therapeutic elementary school “Fairy Tale” (Niepubliczna Read More …

Twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities followed the training bij Prof. Georgeta Ion on evidence-informed practice for school inclusion. Prof. Marta Kowalczuk-Walędziak, chaired the workshop on critical assessment of examples of evidence-informed practice in inclusive education in Read More …

Twenty two members of the Mongolian MELINC consortium universities followed the training in the subjects of the curriculum of teacher training at the University of Bialystok, and inclusive education. The training was realised by Prof. Mirosław Sobecki (Dean of the Read More …

On 7 February 2023 the Mongolian consortium partners organised at MNUE a national conference on inclusive education. Teachers participants of education authorities and ngo’s were introduced to the Mongolian online modules on inclusive education developed within the MELINC project and Read More …

Participants from Dornod NUM, Khovd Num and the Mongolian National University of Education conducted project management, quality control and activities in preparation to their visit to Europe.

The Mongolian Sign Language translators converted the Mongolian texts of the 15 online MELINC modules on inclusive education into Mongolian Sign Language, to be used by people with speech and hearing impairment. The MELINC consortium expressed their thanks and gratitude Read More …

Professor Odgerel Dandii delivered a lecture at school #29. School #29 is the only school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Mongolia.The teachers (about 50 with 25 deaf or hard of hearing themselves) who attended the lecture were Read More …

Professor Dorj Battulga, head of the Department of Educational Studies and Methodology, and Professor Unurnasan D., head of the Department of Mathematics and Informatics, organized two days of intensive  training on inclusive education at Khovd Branch School of National University Read More …

On 6 January 2023 the Mongolian consortium partners organised at MNUE an intensive training on inclusive education at the School for Primary Teachers Education. The participants were introduced to the Mongolian online modules on inclusive education developed within the MELINC Read More …

The MELINC consortium partners discussed at the Ministry of Labour and Welfare TERMS and TERMINOLOGY OF DISABILITY. Instead of ‘person with disability’, the working group i.a. recommended the use of the term ‘ХӨГЖЛИЙН БЭРХШЭЭЛТЭЙ ХҮН’ meaningPERSON WITH DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS.

The teachers of the MNUE project team presented the content of the 15-module online course “Law and Methodology of Inclusive Education” to colleagues. Together, they worked on the development of the program and on the course outcomes, and discussed the Read More …

MELINC projectleader for Mongolia, Prof. Odgerel Dandii, teaches the inclusive education course, thereby using the project video tutorials. The teaching consists of 4 hours lectures in 16 seminars on inclusive education. The teaching was don in the 4th training course Read More …

The Mongolian partners are working with the Mongolian Minstry of Education to establish an assessment and support system for children with disabilities and SEN children including the 3 project regions.The 3 SEN centres, like MNUE’s Child Development support Center with Read More …

The MELINC team prepared the indicators and statistics for a technical Erasmus+ report.

The Mongolian MELINC project leader, Professor Odgerel Dandii, Head of the Child Support Center at the Mongolian National University of Education, spoke about the MELINC project at the international scientific conference on “Development of primary education in Mongolia – 100 Read More …

MNUE team held a workshop on “Teacher Training for Inclusion” on 22 September 2022, presided by the Head of the Child Support Center at the Mongolian National University of Education Odgerel Dandii. The meeting was attended inter alia by Ts. Read More …

On 12 September 2022, the Mongolian consortium partners held an online workshop on the project progress including the Mongolian voice recording of the modules, Mongolian editing of the slides of the modules, Mongolian sign language, the progress of the textbook, Read More …

The workgroup on curriculum development of inclusive education met on 2 June 2022 in MNUE (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia). The workgroup used the occassion to also discuss terminology, to distribute the booklet on inclusive education terminology, to focus on the main points Read More …

On 24 May 2022, a workshop for graduate students on “Education Challenges and Inclusive Education in the Western Region of Mongolia” was organized at Khovd University (with the online participation of the other Mongolian MELINC partners). Researchers and stakeholders discussed Read More …

On 11 May 2022, a workshop for undergraduate students on “Education Challenges and Inclusive Education in the Western Region of Mongolia” was organized at Khovd University. The purpose of the training was to get acquainted with the problems and challenges Read More …

On 6 and 13 May 2022, the interactive MELINC online intensive training on pedagogical aspects of inclusive education took place using Zoom webinar platform.The target group of the intensive trainings were teaching staff from the MNUE, Dornod and Khovd universities Read More …

Participants from Khovd University and Mongolian National University of Education conduct the quality control of the online modules. The Khovd and MNUE teams conduct a meeting for in-service graduates of i.e. Khovd University in Ulaanbaatar on the need for inclusive Read More …

The Dornod national conference and workshops were the third national face-to-face MELINC events with digital interventions from non-Mongolian partners for participants from mainly the Eastern aimags (provinces) including Dornod aimag, Khentii aimag and Sukhbaatar aimag. The event was hosted by Read More …

The ERASMUS+ MELINC Project and its deliverables produced during the first year – the online course on inclusive education – were presented and discussed at the “World Autism Awareness Day” in Ulaanbaatar by Mongolian projectleader, Prof. Odgerel Dandii, Head of Read More …

During the Khovd University conference on inclusive education, the Mongolian National Public Radio and Television dedicated an emission promoting the Erasmus+ MELINC project and the course on inclusive education. The broadcasting with interviews with the main project leaders of the Read More …

The Khovd national conference and workshops were the second national face-to-face MELINC events with digital interventions from non-Mongolian partners. The conference also included the broader public and representatives of Mongolian ngo’s for persons with disabilities and governmental institutions from the Read More …

On 25th February 2022 the MELINC Project held its Mongolian MNG steering committee meeting bringing together all new members of the team and institutional projectmanagers. The new members got an introduction to MELINC and to the project year 1 activities. Read More …

The Polish team of educators and psychologists working on the MELINC project met on the 16th of February 2022 at the University of Białystok Faculty of Education. They discussed the content of the SEN pedagogical modules, working to translate theoretical Read More …

On the 28th January 2022 the MELINC Project held its annual MNG steering committee meeting bringing together all institutional projectmanagers and the modular teamleaders of the consortium. The project year 1 was evaluated including the implementation of the project goals Read More …

Experts looked for answers to the questions on virtual exchange to deliver collaborative intensive courses on inter alia the MELINC inclusive education modules at the respective institutions outside Mongolia that expressed an interest in the MELINC modules.