Background Mongolia is a youth-full nation. Children and young people under the age of 30 years make up 60 percent of the total population of Mongolia. The tremendous energy and future potential hidden among this large young generation is enormous. It embraces the future of Mongolia. Young people are creative, flexible and fast learning and most importantly they want to take part in the development of Mongolian society.
Youth is also a very vulnerable group in a fast changing society.
The last few years we have seen a tendency of youth marginalisation brought on by rising poverty rates and a serious decline in the quality and availability of social services. For those who, for various reasons, do not have a chance to continue their education after completing compulsory schooling or those who are dropping out before completing basic education, jobs and income generation opportunities are scarce. The formal education system does not cater for this group. These young people have a right to basic education. The increasing amount of young people who are falling out of the system represents varied needs for education, training and advice.