MONGOLIAN WOMAN RECEIVES UNESCO AWARD

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A Mongolian teacher Ts.Urantsetseg received a UNESCO competition award on Thursday in Ulaanbaatar. The best written article award consisting of a certificate and an e-book for ‘Skill for a Better Life’ competition was handed to her by Ms Barbara Trzmiel, program assistant at UNESCO. Ms Urantsetseg, who has been working at educational organizations of Bulgan province for 34 years, had sent her article titled ‘Secrets of Being Healthy and Happy’ for this competition. UNESCO Bangkok launched an e-contest entitled ‘Skills for a Better Life’ to collect young people’s voices and thoughts on skills they feel are important to their future. More than 100 entries were submitted as part of the contest, which included written essays and videos. In an entry from Huu Tin Le from Viet Nam, “A better life is a life where everybody lives freely with their own dreams”. People often say that a better life means a ‘brighter future’. The participants of the e-contest, however, all define ‘a better life’ in slightly different ways. Generally speaking, they suggest that having a better life in the 21st century is not only about obtaining ‘stable jobs’ through the acquisition of technical skills. Instead, young people see the key to a better life for their generation as the opportunity to pursue their own unique dreams and ambitions rather than follow in the footsteps of societal expectation.