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Country Strategy (2012-2016) Planning Meeting

Mongolia December 15 & 16, 2011

Introducing a “Business Education & Career Guidance Program” for high-school age children in Mongolia

Education Working Group The Business Council of Mongolia

Thursday, May 23, 2013

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Key Issues and Challenges

The education-occupation mismatch

Growing economic inequality in Mongolia

Focus on TVET to-date

Lack of quality youth empowerment and career guidance programs targeted at high school age children

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Save the Children’s proposed initiative

To address the challenges, Save the Children is planning to initiate an Education for Youth

Empowerment (EYE) program called:

“Business Academy for Children”

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What is “Business Academy for Children (BAC)”?

It is a structured and interactive after-school program for aspiring children to discover and develop their leadership potential in business and public sectors.

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Primary Target

Self-motivated high-school age children (14-17 year olds) and their parents from disadvantaged backgrounds

•Urban ger and rural communities •Include TVET students of the same age group

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Target – Cont.

But, any children of the same age group, who are self-motivated to learn about business, entrepreneurship, economics, and management, will also be able to enrol in the program

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Vision & Mission of “Business Academy for Children”

Program vision: To be as an information, education, and networking hub of choice for children in business, entrepreneurship, and management.

Program mission: To empower aspiring children with the essential competencies necessary to become insightful, industrious, and authentic business and public leaders of tomorrow.

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Program Components

BAC is a structured and interactive after-school program, which contains the following three components: 1)The information component 2)The education component 3)The networking component

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The information component: •a comprehensive, internet-based information sharing platform to share:

latest business/economy; self-development; and career planning related information for high-school age children

Program Component 1

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The information component: • Linked to MCA’s Labor Market Information

System (LMIS), Career Guidance Services (CGS), and other useful and relevant websites.

Program Component 1 – Continue

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The education component: •provides an extra-curricular after-school learning opportunity for aspiring children, who want to develop their competencies in:

Business Entrepreneurship, and Management

in order to lift themselves out of poverty.

Program Component 2

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The education component – Academic Curriculum

Course Option 1 (50 hours)

The Core Curriculum (30 hours)

Pre-vocational Foundation Course (20 hours)

Course Option 2 (150 hours)

The Core Curriculum (30 hours)

Pre-vocational Foundation Course (20 hours)

Business & Org. Management Foundation Course (100 hours)

Course Option 3 (250 hours)

The Core Curriculum (30 hours)

Pre-vocational Foundation Course (20 hours)

Business & Org. Management Foundation Course (100 hours)

Basic Economics Foundation Course (100 hours)

Program Component 2 – Continue

3 hours/week x 17 weeks (4 months)

3 hours/week x 50 weeks (12 months)

3 hours/week x 83 weeks (20 months)

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Program Component 2 – Continue

The education component – Program Facilitation

• Full-time program trainers & facilitators • Junior facilitators (Masters and Doctorate students) • Experts and specialists from corporate and NGO

partners • Guest lecturers – to facilitate key, specific subjects

as per the course curriculum

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Program Component 2 – Continue

The education component – reach

•Initial target – reaching 1,000 children per year directly •Enrolled at 20 different after-school (“satellite campus”) locations •Rolled out gradually and strategically to other locations across the country

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The networking component:

•Social networking with children from various backgrounds, who are like-minded or are interested in the common industry or occupation subjects •Business networking with TVET schools; interested industries/companies; partnering universities, etc. They in tern benefit from the program Identify new industries/companies (for children) Talent search (for corporates/academia)

Program Component 3

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• The Secretariat function with full-time staff

The responsible program management agency (for the inception years) – Save the Children

But staff to be hosted by Save the Children, MNCCI, BCM(?) and other non-governmental Steering Group member agencies

• Steering Group (up to 25 members)

• Thematic Working Groups (tbd)

Program Governance & Administration

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Income sources:

1. Tuition & fees

2. Scholarship and sponsorship programs

3. Grants and donations

4. Income from intellectual property

5. In-kind contributions

Note: An annual program operational plan and budget to be approved by the Steering Group (and SC board)

Program Financing

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Example

•% of program alumni enrolled in TVET or majoring at tertiary education institutions in the vital industry sectors, as according to their new aspirations.

Program Outcomes (the end of 5 year inception years)

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Examples – Conti.

•New consumer products and service ideas being generated for the corporate partners by the children of after-school program, with a combined net market value of USD XX million or more.

•A Career Counsellor Training Program is being introduced to the education sector in Mongolia.

•XXXXXX, etc.

Program Outcomes (the end of 5 year inception years)

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• Gradual and strategic roll out the program across the country

• To have BAC program certified by the MoES as a certified after-school program

A long-term strategy of the BAC program

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• (SC to) Advocate for and support school-based vocational education & training programs at soum-level, targeting children of herders and herder dropouts, in the following trades (not exhaustive): Profitable livestock rearing and marketing

Commercial vegetable production, preservation, and processing

Commercial cookery

Hospitality service and management

Grocery store operation and management

Auto-mechanics

IT services and repair (computers, smart/mobile phones)

A long-term strategy of the BAC program – Conti.

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• Promote Career Guidance and Counselling as a recognized (certified) profession in Mongolia; Career Counsellor positions to be created within the public education system in Mongolia

• Link the school-based vocational programs and Career Guidance and Counselling programs (both to be run by schools/education authorities) with the BAC program activities

• Change the Program Secretariat status to a national NGO, to continue to operate and manage the programs

A long-term strategy of the BAC program – Cont.

Inquiry about the program

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Contact Information

Name: Mitsuaki Toyoda, Country Director

Save the Children in Mongolia

Email: mitsu@savethechildren.mn

Tel: +976-11-329371 (office)