Education Minister Naranbayar Purevsuren visited Finland from June 4 to 6 and participated in the 15th meeting of the Mongolia–Finland Intergovernmental Commission. During the visit, he also held an official meeting with Finland’s Minister of Education and Culture, Anders Adlercreutz.

During the meeting, the sides highlighted the active development of cooperation in the education sector between Mongolia and Finland, exchanging views on expanding collaboration, increasing Finnish investment in education, and implementing joint projects and programs, as reported by the Ministry of Education.

To strengthen partnerships between universities in the two countries, we held an online meeting for the first time in 2025. The meeting was attended by representatives from the National University of Mongolia, Mongolian National University of Education, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Mongolian University of Life Sciences, as well as the University of Oulu, Aalto University, University of Eastern Finland, and the University of Helsinki. The ministers discussed opportunities for cooperation and agreed to organize these activities regularly to support collaboration between universities.

The sides also expressed their intention to deepen cooperation by strengthening Mongolia’s teacher training system, implementing joint research and academic projects, and launching exchange programs for teachers, education researchers, and students.

Minister Adlercreutz expressed support for enrolling Mongolian students at Finnish universities starting from the 2026–2027 academic year under the President’s Scholar-2100 Program, which provides opportunities for Mongolian youth to study at leading universities worldwide.

With funding from Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture, researchers from the University of Turku have conducted comprehensive research on bullying among school students and developed a systematic approach based on the findings. The resulting KiVa Anti-Bullying Program is currently being implemented successfully in over 20 countries worldwide.

Minister Naranbayar invited the team that developed the KiVa program to Mongolia to conduct a comprehensive assessment of conditions in general education schools, develop a joint program, and pilot its implementation in schools. The sides agreed to cooperate on the initiative.

Published Date:2026-03-09