Mongolia launches UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Report on access and equity in education

4 November 2026

Mongolia held the national launch of UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Report at the United Nations House in Ulaanbaatar. The edition is titled Access and Equity in Education and is the first in UNESCO's new Countdown to 2030 series of GEM Reports. The launch was organised by the Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO together with UNESCO and the All for Education National Civil Society Coalition. Munkhbaatar Begzjav, Secretary-General of the Mongolian National Commission for UNESCO, opened the meeting. Shahbaz Khan, Director of the UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia, sent a video message. Speakers said Mongolia has widened school access and improved literacy, but gaps remain for rural and remote children, learners with disabilities and children affected by migration. A Mongolian case study on boys' education and talks on dormitory access and the digital divide were presented.