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Youth Technology Incubation

“STEM Center-Youth Technology Center , its training activity”

August 15, 2018

OUR MISSION

to support a Mongolian youth can make a big difference in our country future development

Implementing by Mongolian Researchers/PhD Association NGO

. А BASIC INFORMATION 1


1. Project Title and Brief description:

Our association starts to announce “After school STEM program scholarship” for secondary

school children.

“Youth Technology Center Programming Lab and Free After School Program

for Children for A Fast Growing and Permanent Market

2. Describe the specific need or challenge that your team will address with this project.

(3-5 sentences; 150 word limit)

Modern Mongolia has a 98.3 percent literacy rate in people over the age of 15. Currently,

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education is a hot topic for

Mongolian many educational leaders who are trying to ways to improve STEM programs in

schools of Mongolia. This fast growing and permanent market has the potential base to develop a

youth’s mind to understanding the computer technology. In general, Mongolia offers free

education through 12th grade, however, there is no after school program supported by Mongolian

government. Recent study shows that 98 percent of kids try harder in school after participating in

afterschool program (meds.gov.mn). Unfortunately, in all public schools of Mongolia, children

always struggle with overcrowded classrooms, overworked teachers, and little access to resources

such as school libraries, computers, and enrichment programs. In the technology era, Mongolia

suffers very much from a lack of STEM education resources for youth. However, currently, in

Mongolia, two out of three in-demand jobs are in the technology sector (meds.mn). Therefore,

our mission in STEM area is “Let children fly using their technology wings”.

3. Briefly describe your specific solution or approach to address the need or challenge and

explain why it is innovative. Include quantitative information where possible. (150 word

limit)

Our Youth Technology Center is handled by administrative committee of Mongolian

Researchers/PhD Association NGO under a non-profit start up forum.

Our NGO is the Mongolian people’s integration that will have a non profit purpose of a vibrant

example of the ways in which creative scientists, professors, businessmen, professionals,

entrepreneurs, change-makers, and nonprofits, profit companies can come together to make

meaningful, lasting impact for Mongolian future development.

For this project, the youth technology center, it’s after school STEM programs as an

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innovative startup solution aims to improve the skills in the tech field by providing specialized

after school courses in computer applications, mobile application design, web development and

computer programming to above 1200 children annually (by coincided number) ages 8 to 18 in

urban areas.

As a coverage, the computer lab will be FREE to open to the children through after school

program. Our course is the unique and can then be initiatives to the next courses based on STEM

education. If successful, we will continuously support these courses in STEM area for

Mongolian youth. We believe we can do this job successfully.

4. How will the project impact your community? What impact or changes (in people,

institutions, attitudes, practices) will you see? (300 word limit)

We will start a new innovative way to support after school program as well STEM foundation free

course for Mongolian youths. Therefore, through funding by this project, the year round course will

bring a big step toward eliminating the lack of STEM related skills, finding a path out of jobs for

youths in Mongolia, preparing the Mongolian software people as well as ending poverty. STEM is

playing a huge role in educating and empowering them. Our course of computer programming is

not just about learning computers, it’s about logic, problem solving, and creativity. At the end of

our project, children are expected to become “masters of their own fate” by working on computer

and to work effectively in computer usage as well programming.

The significance of our lab is described the followings, not limited to:

• To have continuous support the children in Technology

• No interruption for a year round program

• To prepare a Mongolian Software engineer leaders

• To support a Mongolian IT field

• To inspire students to continue the pursuit of technology and computer science skills

• To support children to join in after school participating

• To improve kids technology skills

• To improve strong problem solving and computer programming skills

• To get students involved in technology at an early age

Taking what they learn from this training, the children will develop a final project a prototype app,

to address a challenge facing our community. Learning opportunities provided through our

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computer training are helping to prepare young mothers for success in our computer enabled and

connected society.

Our scholarship will covers all aspects of their education in this computer science courses,

especially computer applications and coding course’s tuition, books, transportation, field trips,

snack for each day, and more.

5. Beneficiaries: Describe the groups or communities your project targets. How many people

will directly benefit from your project? (200 word limit)

One children can study till 960 hours for within one academic year. Totally, our program can

reach around 520-680 (summer time; 60-80 children) children for one academic, in total 580-760

children can get benefits from our computer lab training.

The lab typically will host 4 tracks of courses every semester.

These 4 tracks are designed for children aged 7-18.

Each track meets six times a week after school as well on Saturdays.

Each track has 2 hours duration per day.

The length of one track is 4-24 weeks, subject to change.

Children can start at any point of a given track and are placed on a level based on their

assessment.

Total number of students who can use the lab range from 320 to 400 per semester. For one

year, we can assist 640-720 children through after school STEM program.

We offer our scholarship children 5600 hours yearly.

One kid can work in our lab for 192 hours per one semester (2 hours per a day, 6 days per a

week, then 12 hours for one week).

On average, there are 80-100 children per day participating.

Our teaching learning activities will be totally experimental and laboratory-based. We will

have an excellent 2 mentors, teachers with a good salary. Also we have very good

volunteers-mentors. Kids can do coding experiments, and small projects depending on the

levels.

Each mentor teach 4 hours for every day teaching, totally 24 hours for teaching for one

week, 96 hours for one month.

Youth Technology Center (YTC) provide access with a valid MyYTC account for

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participating children.

Children work with their instructor every day for the track period and work on individual

project to receive track certificate and further track possibility in our lab.

In addition to academic year, we will open for summer two months. These 2 month

intensives cover approximately two months of our regular curriculum.

6. Local partners: List your project partners and explain their specific responsibilities. Please note

if you have an existing relationship with your partner organization(s) and describe their role in

the project. If you do not have an existing relationship, how do you anticipate

establishing a partnership with the organization(s)? (500 word limit)

We have a golden opportunity to be supported by a free workspace with 120 square/meter in the

new17-storey Mongolian Innovation & Technology Centre annex to MNU

(http://mnu.edu.mn/innovation-technology-center/). As a main role, MNU will support no cost

room for our lab for future 5 years.

We have skilled instructors in computer applications, computer coding, data science etc,. We will

hire two teachers, permanently.

We have researchers, professionals, scientists, professors, educators in all fields to support our

further non stop activities, they as our association members have a strong intention to work for

youth development, as well science integration.

Based on donation activities as well these people’s supports, the following paid and charity

activities can support our free lab’s activity in next years:

A donation activity, year round

Co-operation with local big companies as well a foreign funders for a donation and fund

Association members donation

Frequent VIP meetings for a donation

Activities of serial lectures by scientists, researchers, as well professionals

Offerings of educational tutoring and resources to public

Workshops, trainings for public

Help to their resume, CV to public

Give an advice to study abroad with a scholarship to public

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http://mnu.edu.mn/innovation-technology-center/


Professional development to public

Choose profession to youth

7. Please enter the first name, last name, e-mail address, exchange program, and country

of citizenship of each team member. Please indicate the roles and responsibilities of the

team leader and all team members. What experience or knowledge does the alumnus/a

have to fulfill the assigned role? Which activities will they manage?

Team Leader (You) How will you contribute to the implementation of the project? (200

word limit)

Dr. Tuyatsetseg Badarch, Associate Professor, Founder and CEO of Mongolian Researcher/Phd

Association (MRPA), [email protected], [email protected], Fulbright Science

and Technology PhD Award 2010-2013, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Founder of Mongolian Researchers/PhDs Association, CEO at the Youth Technology Center

coding lab, University Professor, MBA student in USA.

Become Fulbrigher, I had been working and studying very hard for last many years, as a result of

my achievements, I became PhD, professor in IT under the prestigious Fulbright Science and

Technology PhD scholarship from 2010 to 2013. I am the one of only 40 recipients throughout the

world’s all countries for 2010.

I was recipient of Fulbright award for 2010 to 2013 cohort please see at

http://scienceandtech.fulbrightonline.org/index.php/sat-program-fellows/fellows/2010-fellow-

profiles. The major research direction are computation, big data, languages are SQL, Hadoop.

Prior to arriving in the U.S., I was involved in helping disadvantaged families educate their

children. After the U.S., as a Fulbrigher, I have been wishing to lead the strong individuals that

should do a good thing for society. For my entire life in past, I was awarded 6 government

scholarship including Mongolia, Russa, China, India, Taiwan as well U.S. Therefore, I have

founded Mongolian Researchers/PhD Association NGO to wrestle all my professional and

personal passions under our administrative umbrella in 2015! This was the right time to lead this

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non profit NGO to work for our society, for our children, for our future developed nation.

Currently, we are designing Youth Technology Center.

As the project manager, I will be responsible for all aspects of project planning and

implementation. I am the individual who oversees the work of employees within my direction.

By possessing the ability to disseminate information in a clear-cut manner, I am the leading

manager for getting the information across to others in an effective manner to carry this project out

based on my work as Associate Professor, Head of Information Technology Department,

Mongolian National University.

I am also the main contact for outside entities as well as higher up officials within the

company or corporation.

I am main manager who completes the paperwork as well

I am the individual who often has to make the presentations to the higher up individuals in

the company or corporation.

I am the manager who has a responsibility for lecturing to the general public about certain

computer system issues.

A computer manager who possesses positive attributes such as being a team player, good

leader and great organizational skills is one who is sure to excel in their position as

computer manager within their respective company or corporation.

Team Member 2

Team Member 3

(If Yes is selected above, the team leader will have to enter the same information above for each

additional member, up to 10 total)

Team Member 4:

Dr. Tuyatsetseg Badarch, Associate Professor, Founder and CEO of Mongolian Researcher/Phd

Association (MRPA), [email protected], [email protected], Fulbright Science

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and Technology PhD Award 2010-2013, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Tulga Osor holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from Mongolian University of

Science and Technology (MUST) and a minor in Networking. Previously, he was researcher

and a software engineer at Mobile lab of MUST for last 6 years, and a consultant engineer at

Tax collection software project of Mongolia.

Team member 5:

Batbaatar Batdorj holds an MSc and BSc in Computer Science from Mongolian

National University (MNU). He has been working as an instructor in Computer science

department of MNU for last 8 years. He was part of the team that built MUST’'s online

computer science course catalog. He got three times city level awards in Mobile

programming excellent teaching. He said, “even though children did not have prior

experience with coding, but I believe kids can learn so much through my excellent

teaching instruction”.

Team member 6-10:

Professors

Five members (Professors/PhDs) of the association will have a strong responsibility to work

instructors and pay attention to the course quality.

8. How and when will you implement your project?

Implementation Plan and Timeline: How will you actually make this happen? Outline the

proposed steps for implementation, including the timeframe for each major activity. List proposed

dates (month, quarter, etc.) for each major activity. Include quantitative information about

participants and activities. Include the specific responsibilities of the alumni team. (750 word limit)

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Our project implementation period is proposed for one full year including academic year as well

summer time. Once we get funded, we can start immediately the project. Our partner university is

MNU that can support workforce space which has two big rooms. We are the non profit start up, a

licensed non profit and non government organization, to facilitate grant funding and financial

management processes in accordance with local statutes and U.S. federal acquisition regulations.

Step 1.

Phase I—Coordination, Preparation, Procurement & Set-up – One month period

The set of 25 computers in the lab will be the start part of the project that expected to purchase

immediately when we can get a fund. This one month phase includes official paper works such as

signing the official memorandum of agreement with the MNU for the use of their laboratory space

(two rooms), obtaining necessary official agreement papers from the Government of Ulaanbaatar,

collaborating agreement with community leaders and civil society activists, as well print

advertising through medias, contracting the work plans for implementing and providing for the

administration of this project, also contracts with two full time instructors as well volunteers.

In addition, we will spend a week teaching instructors for their curriculum performance, building

trust, and making adjustments based on their input. These teachers will be observing, learning, and

ultimately empowered to take over teaching the coding class in subsequent time.

Stage 2.

The best coding FREE classes for kids will be available in Mongolia! This class will help to

empower Mongolian kids to love coding.

Fall term (TOTAL 320-400 children)

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER, IT’s APPs (4 weeks: 48 hours: Total 80-100

children): Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and

Publisher for their skills for publishing, photography, filmmaking, as well as secretary

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fundamentals.

BEGINNER TRACK (4 weeks: total 48 hours: Total 80-100 children) : Game: Scratch,

FOR AGES 8-12

BEGINNER TRACK (4 weeks: total 48 hours: Total 80-100 children ): Web

fundamentals, FOR AGES 8-12

BEGINNER TRACK (4 weeks: total 48 hours : Total 80-100 children) : Graphics:

Python; FOR AGES 8-12

Spring term (Total 200-280 children)

INTERMEDIATE TRACK (4 weeks: total 48 hours : Total 80-100 children): Data

science: Python. FOR AGES 12+

INTERMEDIATE TRACK (8 weeks: total 96 hours: Total 60-80 children) : App Master:

Web Development, FOR AGES 12+

ADVANCED TRACK (12 weeks: total 96 hours : Total 40-60 children): Algorithm

Master: Python, FOR AGES 14+

ADVANCED TRACK (24 weeks: total 280 hours: Total 20-40 children): AP Computer

Science A: Java, FOR AGES 14+

Stage 3 .

Evaluation :

In 25-28, December of every year, the project team will organize a meeting our non profit start up

project results through SWOT analysis with our all committee members through VIP meeting and

presentation and discussion. Based on the experience of SWOT analysis in education field, we We

have an excellent experience to do SWOT analysis in education field. We will host a workshop for

public and children parents for our children project as well for their graduation ceremony for fall

term course in 29, December. During this phase, the project team will simultaneously focus its

work efforts on maintaining daily study while working with partners from the MNU to conduct an

impact/outcome evaluation of the project. Totally, 2 time SWOT analysis will be done for one

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academic year. We hope to encourage others to apply for projects, grants through these

presentations and workshops. We will reach more kids through our after school tech club program,

find and train volunteers and teachers for our afterschool tech clubs, create world-class curriculum,

and develop new programs.

9. Communication Plan: How will you promote your project? Include social media, websites, print news, or other forms of media you intend to use to share information about your project to beneficiaries and the public. (500 word limit)

By the end of every month, we will host one VIP meeting with local leaders, business people. In addition, we will run a nationwide campaign called “Let young children fly using their technology wings”. It will tell 10 true stories of our success that can reaching out to more than 1000 children in two months. We will have facebook page.

10. Sustainability: How do you plan to ensure that the impact of the project continues beyond the initial year of funding? (300 word limit)

Sustainability for the Computer programming course’s non stop activity:Mongolian Researchers/PhD Association, it’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp program has a power to work with Mongolian as well global innovators, entrepreneurs, and change-makers. We will support the free programming courses in future through the activities of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp programs. Our Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp with wen page is a new program that can sustain and assist the Lab through the following activities:

Co-operation for local big companies as well a foreign funders

National scientists jobs their innovation and cooperstion

Association members donation

Academic integration events

Serial lectures by the researchers/PhDs of the association

Frequent VIP meetings for a donation

Lectures campaign: Serial paid lectures by scientists, researchers, as well

professionals

Offerings of educational tutoring and resources to public

Workshops, trainings for public

Help to their resume, CV to public job ,,,,,,,

Give an advice to study abroad with a scholarship to folks

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Professional development to folks

Book club activity, book selling

Mentorship

Bridge for National and International area

PR services

Academic Reward Celebration

Continuous fund seeking activities

Alumni fund and alumni celebration

Paid serial lectures campaign from members of Researchers/PhD association

Academic Book selling campaign

Senior researchers/PhDs events etc.,

Meetups and Morning meetings

National good citizen standard serial lectures

Free workspace for a members and discuss about jobs etc,.

A Future PlanTo support national Software software engineers

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To organize “The YouthCoding” children’s workshop annually in Mongolia

To support Mongolian kids to attend world coding olymiads

To mobile App development training

To support UNESCO YouthMobile Initiative

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Project Estimated Budget

ItemsEstimated Amount

Subtotal by Category

Price Source

STEM Center

STEM center. Its lab rooms

4 room place , 120 metre/square

Total:$173,000 Local market study

Computers and printer expensesDesktops (All in One) $19,980

Subtotal: $21,580

http://www.dell.com/through https://pc-mall.mn/index.php/category/show?categoryId=13035 years guarantee for PCs

20 computer lockers( $14/unit) $901 combined printer/scanner $90

1 LCD projector $420Antivirus Software Free Microsoft and Norton securityOther expenses to Software lisences $1000Connection tools expenses1 power Inverter $55

Subtotal: $3,020

https://pc-mall.mn

Local markethttp://nomin.mn/

2 inverter Batteries ($150/unit) $3003 power extension cords ($14/unit) $4510 HDMI cables($15/unit) and 10 VGA cables( 15/unit) $300 20 headphones ($12/unit) $240 https://pc-mall.mn/Materials for internet installation (modem, router) $80 https://pc-mall.mn/

Internet Access($50/month)* Free Mobile.mn ISPCenter lab equipments

tables, desks, and bookshelf $1,100

Subtotal: $2,400

http://nomin.mn/mn/

20 chairs ($30/Unit) $600Office supplies(pencils, pens, printer paper, notebooks, note cards, chalkboards, chalk, printer cartridges) $300Support for class time ($80/week for 12 weeks) $400 http://nomin.mn/mn/c/18Grand Total: $200,000

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https://pc-mall.mn/index.php/category/show?categoryId=1303

https://pc-mall.mn/index.php/category/show?categoryId=1303

http://www.dell.com/

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