Mongolia
Government Teacher Training Initiatives
Pre-service teacher training is offered mostly at the Pedagogical University, the leading institution for training secondary school teachers. There are two curricula: one for Informatics teachers and another for non-Informatics teachers. The Informatics teacher-training curriculum involves instruction in the use of logistics, programming languages and applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and web design. A limited number of classes have been offered to provide training on basic hardware maintenance and troubleshooting. The non-Informatics teacher training curriculum is limited to instruction in office applications with future extension likely to the other subjects.
Recently, the Computer and Information Technology School of the Mongolian State Pedagogical University has been involved in the development of a curriculum for non-Informatics teachers as part of the Teacher-2005 project. Inservice teacher training appears to have been abandoned with no new, upgrading, or retraining courses offered. According to a recent survey, teachers state there is a lack of hands-on opportunities for practice using computers and there are a limited number of computers for use in classes and for after school work.