Education Systems Comparison: Australia and Mongolia

Education Systems Comparison Australia and MongoliaCOMPARISON surrounded by MONGOLIAN AND AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION SYSTEMI would like to introduce comparison between Mongolian and Australian Education strategy in several beas such as general statement, find, tincture and capacity. premier(prenominal) of all I would like to introduce general statement for twain countries. Education in both countries follows pre teach, elemental coil and thirdhand fostering and technical precept and vocational dressing and tertiary precept.Both countries preschool raising is non compulsory. Mongolian preschool gentility is offered to children vulcanised2 to 5 in kindergarten, but Australian preschool education offered children senesced 3 to 5. Mongolian preschool education is an instructional institution and by the Mongolian Preschool education law kindergartens shall succeed preschool education to children of preschool age and ensure their school prep ardness. Australian archeozoic child hood education has many types of preschool education such as kindergarten, child care center, Montessori center and act.Also, there are many similarities on bring outicular and secondary education in two countries which means 12 division schooling system. The official entry age is 6 year old children in two countries. In addition, the Mongolian Government initiated transforming primary and secondary schools into a 12 year system in 2008. This transition will be shade by 2016. In Mongolia, that 6 years of primary, 3 years of lower secondary and 3 years of upper secondary schooling. In Australia that 7 years of primary and 5 years of secondary. In Australia, in the some states territories, primary schools often let in a pre-school.In Mongolia, technical education and vocational training (1-2.5 years) sub- sector comprises specialized upper secondary schools as well as post-secondary diploma programs housed in high(prenominal) education institutions. thitherfore, in Australia, e ach state has a Vocational Education and Training or Technical and shape up Education system. It is prepares people for work in a career that does not need a university degree.In Mongolia, higher education is awarded by colleges, institutes and universities. At the higher education level, bachelor programs usually last iv to five years and six years for medical programs. Masters programs usually require one to two years and docto judge programs require three to four years to complete. Likewise, Australian higher education (6+) awards are classified as follows certificate, diploma and associate degrees, which cover one to two years to complete, some aspects of higher education are the responsibility of States and Territories. In particular, most universities are recognized under the State and grease legislation.Secondly, I would like to compare access of education in both countries. In Mongolia, 76.3 percent preschool age children refered in preschool education services. In 2009 /2010 academician year, there are 785,8 thousand students enrolled in institutions of testicle education. There were 102, 6 thousand children in 814 kindergartens. In 2009, 58.6 percent of pre-school children who are 2-5 year olds enrolled at institutionalise education programs and 17.4 percent of get pre-school children enrolled in alternative forms of educational services.In Australia 97.5 per cent of children attended for early childhood education the year before school. The year before a child is due to attend primary school is the main year for pre-school education. This year is far more commonly attended, and may take the form of a few hours of activity during weekdays. Preschool is in some states and territories relatively unregulated.In Mongolia, in 2009/2010 academic year, 557,3 thousand pupils in 710 primary and secondary schools. The primary and secondary education acquit enrollment rate was 91.5 percent. An addition, girls enrollment in primary and secondary cycle i s greater than boys.In Australia, primary and secondary education is compulsory between the ages of 6 to 17, depending on the state or territory. The primary and secondary education net enrollment rate was 99.3 percent. In recent years, over three quarters of students stay at school until they are seventeen. Government schools educate about two thirds of Australian students, with the other third in Catholic and Independent schools. A small portion of students are legally home-schooled.Higher Education in Mongolia has universities and colleges. There are 146 universities, which is 42 are public, 99 are private and 5 are international. During the last 5 years number of students enrolled in higher education institutions increased by 70,1 per cent. The proportion of fe virile students is 61.8% of total higher education enrolment. That data indicate an unusual reverse gender gap in higher education. This is particularly noticeable at the higher levels of education where typically female greatly outnumber male students.Last 5 years enrolments in occupational programs such as foreign languages, law, computer science, engineering, medicine, and tourism was more than double.Tertiary education in Australia provider is university self-accrediting provider, non self-accrediting provider. In 2009, the Australian higher education system consisted of 41 universities, of which 37 are public institutions, 2 are private, and 2 are Australian branches of afield universities 2 other self-accrediting higher education institutions and non-self-accrediting higher education providers accredited by State and grunge authorities, numbering more than 150 as listed on State and Territory registers. These include several that are registered in more than one state and territory.Thirdly, in short, I want to compare and contrast quality of education both countries. The most important aspect for quality education is the learning achievement. According to the platform for International Stude nt Assessment for 2006 ranks the Australian education system as 6th on a worldwide scale for Reading, 8th for Science and 13th for Mathematics. The Education force, published with the UNs Human Development Index in 2008, based on data from 2006, lists Australia as 0.993, amongst the highest in the world, however Mongolia lists as 71, the medium level. In addition, many universities in Australia have gained international recognition. Two of the most acknowledged are the Academic rank of World Universities, produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the THES QS World University Rankings, which in 2006, had no fewer than 13 universities amongst the worlds top 200. That is wherefore many foreign students wants to study in Australia at schools and universities.Quality in education is not proficient in Mongolia. Particularly, urban-rural gap in education quality still exist. According to some recent research, children attention rural schools perform significantly worse than child ren attending schools in aimag centers and Ulaanbaatar. Rural schools have limited access to resources needed to support higher learning achievements.Another main issue of qualitative aspects in education is teacher and children ratio. In Mongolia teacher and children ratio in the preschool is 252 and 301 is for secondary school.2 But 183 is for preschool and secondary is about 201 in Australia.5 It depends states and territories.Teachers are key out players in implementing of the education sector, especially in classroom and pedagogy and learning quality, which is highly dependable on their professional capacity and supply. Two countries teacher qualification and professional knowledge and skills are similar, but teaching method is different.As I mentioned the last another issue of qualitative aspects in education is curriculum. The Mongolian Government approved a new set of competence based education curriculum/standards for pre school, primary and secondary education emphasizin g the quality of education. These new curriculum is being introduced in the school year of 2005/2006. On the other hand, national curriculum /standard has renewed to be promoting a human increment as develop pupils competence in terms of communication skills, self-confident, a critical thinking and difficulty solving abilities etc. In Australia there is a mandatory curriculum in addition to elective subjects. For the students are need to take state-wide external tests in English-literacy, mathematics, science, Australian history, geography, civics and citizenship and computing skills in.Finally, I want to relieve a few words about educational efficiency. The Mongolian Law on Education stipulates that at least 20 percent of the government budget is allocated to education. Government uptake on education as a percent of GDP is 9 and a percent of GNP is 19.09 in 2004. Education expenditure has significantly increased over the last few years.Educations share of public expenditure ha s also remained consistently high, averaging 18.6 percent over the 2008-2010 period, although it has not quite reached more than 20 percent share as required by the Education Law, (revised in 2006). But the national education budget has increased by 2.5 clock in 2004 as compared to 1996. The education sector is financed principally from two sources the Central budget (81.7 percent in 2008) and the local budget (9.3 percent) with revenue raised at province and city levels. Other sources of revenue include development fees (4.1 percent), donations from individuals and organisations (1.6percent), project funds (0.1 percent) and others (2.7percent).In Mongolia, school and kindergarten financing is operated based on per child normative variable expenses with adjusting indexes. Indexes used to adjust the different situations in terms of population density, distance as farawayness of school location so on. However, some of remote and rural schools are still facing problems cerebrate w ith financial shortages due to not enough children attending in their kindergarten and school.Since 1997, state financing only firm costs such as heating, electricity and water in higher education institutions. Student tuition fees constitute the major income source for universities, institutes and colleges. It makes up 80% of higher education income.In conclusion, it can be clearly seen that Australian and Mongolian education system are a few similarities some orbital cavity such as general statements and accesses. However, the quality in education two countries is very different. Quality in education in Australia is the highest in the world, although in Mongolia, such as many indicators of the education quality and efficiency are not good enough and we have to change trends also, remind that there is need for form _or_ system of government and operational strategy reforms. Therefore, Mongolian education sector is undergoing new stage development reform. It has encountered new c hallenges created by poverty and social deprivation. The following issues are considerable in future development of education sector in Mongolia. Generally, Australian education system has a good policy, management, and sustainable development for every part of the education sub sectors. Finally, I believe that to improve relationship and to expand cooperation between Australian and Mongolian education sector.