Mongolian Education Mongolian Education NetworkNetwork

A.ErdenebaatarA.ErdenebaatarMongolian University of Science Mongolian University of Science

and Technologyand Technologyerka@must.edu.mnerka@must.edu.mn

Mongolian Education NetworkMongolian Education Network

Education system in MongoliaEducation system in Mongolia Brief historyBrief history ““ErdemNet” – Knowledge networkErdemNet” – Knowledge network About MUSTAbout MUST

Education systemEducation system

Structure 4 - 6 - 4+Structure 4 - 6 - 4+ 600+ Primary and Secondary 600+ Primary and Secondary

schoolsschools ~180 Universities and Colleges~180 Universities and Colleges Total number of students in HE Total number of students in HE

Institutions ~90000Institutions ~90000

Brief historyBrief history

1995 - LAN at MTU1995 - LAN at MTU(MUST)(MUST)(JICA(JICA project project)) 1995 - 5 LANs for E1995 - 5 LANs for EddMIS(MIS(EU projectEU project)) 1996 - 5 1996 - 5 big universitiesbig universities connected to the connected to the

Internet(NSFInternet(NSF project project)) 1997 - Dial-Up service1997 - Dial-Up service for the schools for the schools 1997 - Organized Internet Center(MUC)1997 - Organized Internet Center(MUC) 1998 – ADB loan project for establishing 1998 – ADB loan project for establishing

academic network is startedacademic network is started 2000/June – “Erdemnet” established2000/June – “Erdemnet” established

ErdemNet - PurposeErdemNet - Purpose

Education->New knowledge source, Education->New knowledge source, Training environment, Distance Training environment, Distance learning, Communication tool …learning, Communication tool …

Science->Professional contacts, Science->Professional contacts, Information exchange, Joint research Information exchange, Joint research projects …projects …

Management->MIS, EDI, Online Management->MIS, EDI, Online applications …applications …

Erdemnet - TopologyErdemnet - Topology

Server’s VLAN #1

DNS, Mail, Web,FTP, E-learning

Remote AccessServer

(16 ports)

PSTN

CiscoRouter

MUST,Ulaanbaatar

(C band, 4.5m)USA, San-Jose

Agile-II(Loral CyberStar)

SegmentedVLAN's

ADSL toExchange Point

Wireless communicationnetwork

CiscoBackbone

Router

Cisco switch

Cisco Firewall

Radio tower NUM

MedU

MUST

Downlink 2MUplink 1M

Shared 11M

Erdemnet - UsersErdemnet - Users

16 Universities & Colleges(wireless): 16 Universities & Colleges(wireless): MUST, NUM, MUM, MSPU, AUM, PA, MUST, NUM, MUM, MSPU, AUM, PA, MU, ICB, AOM, …MU, ICB, AOM, …

Universities students: 30K(~33%)Universities students: 30K(~33%) 60 Secondary schools in UB(dialup)60 Secondary schools in UB(dialup) Online connected computers: 2500Online connected computers: 2500 200+ individuals(dialup)200+ individuals(dialup)

Erdemnet - UsageErdemnet - Usage

0

512

1024

1536

2048

Jun'00 Dec'00 Jul'01 Jun'02 May'03

Bandwidth(Mbps)

Up

Down

Erdemnet - UsageErdemnet - Usage

2003-08-21/08:00 Thursday

(University classes not started)

Current 967.7Kbps 1.72MbpsAverage 971.4Kbps1.25MbpsMax 1002.9Kbps 1.89Mbps

Erdemnet - ProblemsErdemnet - Problems

High competition(7 ISPs)High competition(7 ISPs) High monthly charge for satellite High monthly charge for satellite

connectionconnection Limited university’s budget for ICTLimited university’s budget for ICT Low income(GDP per capita 426US$)Low income(GDP per capita 426US$) Low level of infrastructure Low level of infrastructure

development(especialy in rural area)development(especialy in rural area)

About MUSTAbout MUST Leading university for engineering Leading university for engineering

education in Mongoliaeducation in Mongolia Established in 1969Established in 1969 17 Schools(4 in province centers)17 Schools(4 in province centers) 38 Research Institutes and Centers38 Research Institutes and Centers 126 Professors/Chairs126 Professors/Chairs 120 Academic programs120 Academic programs 700 Faculty staff700 Faculty staff 16000 Undergraduate students16000 Undergraduate students 1000 Graduate students1000 Graduate students

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