Mongolia embraces Japanese 'Kosen' schools
Students learn electric circuit design at a Kosen vocational school affiliated with the Mongolian University of Science and Technology.
Mongolia embraces Japanese 'Kosen' schools. Students learn electric circuit design at a Kosen vocational school affiliated with the Mongolian University of Science and Technology. Japanese Kosen is designed to turn teenagers into professional technicians through five years of intensive training. In Mongolia, the hope is that Kosen can help modernize the country. In 1992, the late Aleksei Ganbayar entered the National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College, known as Tokyo Kosen. He was among the second group of students to be sent to a Japanese Kosen under a scholarship program. He earned a degree in electrical engineering and worked for 20 years as an engineer on projects with Sony, Fujitsu and other companies. Mongolia is rich in natural resources and earns foreign currency by exporting them. Japan imports and processes raw materials to make goods. Other Mongolian Kosen graduates who found jobs in Japan shared the dream of establishing these schools in Mongolia. Japanese Kosen officials welcomed the idea and in 2009 set up the Society for the Establishment of Mongolian Kosen. With the help of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo Kosen and other parties began sending teachers to Mongolia and welcoming education officials from the country. The Mongolian University of Science and Technology's Kosen trains engineers who understand manufacturing and refrigerated transportation of dairy products. If the industry can ramp up sufficiently, it could help alleviate much of the need to import these products.
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