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Youth Technology Incubation
“STEM Center-Youth Technology Center , its training activity”
August 15, 2018
OUR MISSION
to support a Mongolian youth can make a big difference in our country future development
Implementing by Mongolian Researchers/PhD Association NGO
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1. Project Title and Brief description:
Our association starts to announce “After school STEM program scholarship” for secondary
school children.
“Youth Technology Center Programming Lab and Free After School Program
for Children for A Fast Growing and Permanent Market
2. Describe the specific need or challenge that your team will address with this project.
(3-5 sentences; 150 word limit)
Modern Mongolia has a 98.3 percent literacy rate in people over the age of 15. Currently,
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education is a hot topic for
Mongolian many educational leaders who are trying to ways to improve STEM programs in
schools of Mongolia. This fast growing and permanent market has the potential base to develop a
youth’s mind to understanding the computer technology. In general, Mongolia offers free
education through 12th grade, however, there is no after school program supported by Mongolian
government. Recent study shows that 98 percent of kids try harder in school after participating in
afterschool program (meds.gov.mn). Unfortunately, in all public schools of Mongolia, children
always struggle with overcrowded classrooms, overworked teachers, and little access to resources
such as school libraries, computers, and enrichment programs. In the technology era, Mongolia
suffers very much from a lack of STEM education resources for youth. However, currently, in
Mongolia, two out of three in-demand jobs are in the technology sector (meds.mn). Therefore,
our mission in STEM area is “Let children fly using their technology wings”.
3. Briefly describe your specific solution or approach to address the need or challenge and
explain why it is innovative. Include quantitative information where possible. (150 word
limit)
Our Youth Technology Center is handled by administrative committee of Mongolian
Researchers/PhD Association NGO under a non-profit start up forum.
Our NGO is the Mongolian people’s integration that will have a non profit purpose of a vibrant
example of the ways in which creative scientists, professors, businessmen, professionals,
entrepreneurs, change-makers, and nonprofits, profit companies can come together to make
meaningful, lasting impact for Mongolian future development.
For this project, the youth technology center, it’s after school STEM programs as an
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innovative startup solution aims to improve the skills in the tech field by providing specialized
after school courses in computer applications, mobile application design, web development and
computer programming to above 1200 children annually (by coincided number) ages 8 to 18 in
urban areas.
As a coverage, the computer lab will be FREE to open to the children through after school
program. Our course is the unique and can then be initiatives to the next courses based on STEM
education. If successful, we will continuously support these courses in STEM area for
Mongolian youth. We believe we can do this job successfully.
4. How will the project impact your community? What impact or changes (in people,
institutions, attitudes, practices) will you see? (300 word limit)
We will start a new innovative way to support after school program as well STEM foundation free
course for Mongolian youths. Therefore, through funding by this project, the year round course will
bring a big step toward eliminating the lack of STEM related skills, finding a path out of jobs for
youths in Mongolia, preparing the Mongolian software people as well as ending poverty. STEM is
playing a huge role in educating and empowering them. Our course of computer programming is
not just about learning computers, it’s about logic, problem solving, and creativity. At the end of
our project, children are expected to become “masters of their own fate” by working on computer
and to work effectively in computer usage as well programming.
The significance of our lab is described the followings, not limited to:
• To have continuous support the children in Technology
• No interruption for a year round program
• To prepare a Mongolian Software engineer leaders
• To support a Mongolian IT field
• To inspire students to continue the pursuit of technology and computer science skills
• To support children to join in after school participating
• To improve kids technology skills
• To improve strong problem solving and computer programming skills
• To get students involved in technology at an early age
Taking what they learn from this training, the children will develop a final project a prototype app,
to address a challenge facing our community. Learning opportunities provided through our
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computer training are helping to prepare young mothers for success in our computer enabled and
connected society.
Our scholarship will covers all aspects of their education in this computer science courses,
especially computer applications and coding course’s tuition, books, transportation, field trips,
snack for each day, and more.
5. Beneficiaries: Describe the groups or communities your project targets. How many people
will directly benefit from your project? (200 word limit)
One children can study till 960 hours for within one academic year. Totally, our program can
reach around 520-680 (summer time; 60-80 children) children for one academic, in total 580-760
children can get benefits from our computer lab training.
The lab typically will host 4 tracks of courses every semester.
These 4 tracks are designed for children aged 7-18.
Each track meets six times a week after school as well on Saturdays.
Each track has 2 hours duration per day.
The length of one track is 4-24 weeks, subject to change.
Children can start at any point of a given track and are placed on a level based on their
assessment.
Total number of students who can use the lab range from 320 to 400 per semester. For one
year, we can assist 640-720 children through after school STEM program.
We offer our scholarship children 5600 hours yearly.
One kid can work in our lab for 192 hours per one semester (2 hours per a day, 6 days per a
week, then 12 hours for one week).
On average, there are 80-100 children per day participating.
Our teaching learning activities will be totally experimental and laboratory-based. We will
have an excellent 2 mentors, teachers with a good salary. Also we have very good
volunteers-mentors. Kids can do coding experiments, and small projects depending on the
levels.
Each mentor teach 4 hours for every day teaching, totally 24 hours for teaching for one
week, 96 hours for one month.
Youth Technology Center (YTC) provide access with a valid MyYTC account for
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participating children.
Children work with their instructor every day for the track period and work on individual
project to receive track certificate and further track possibility in our lab.
In addition to academic year, we will open for summer two months. These 2 month
intensives cover approximately two months of our regular curriculum.
6. Local partners: List your project partners and explain their specific responsibilities. Please note
if you have an existing relationship with your partner organization(s) and describe their role in
the project. If you do not have an existing relationship, how do you anticipate
establishing a partnership with the organization(s)? (500 word limit)
We have a golden opportunity to be supported by a free workspace with 120 square/meter in the
new17-storey Mongolian Innovation & Technology Centre annex to MNU
(http://mnu.edu.mn/innovation-technology-center/). As a main role, MNU will support no cost
room for our lab for future 5 years.
We have skilled instructors in computer applications, computer coding, data science etc,. We will
hire two teachers, permanently.
We have researchers, professionals, scientists, professors, educators in all fields to support our
further non stop activities, they as our association members have a strong intention to work for
youth development, as well science integration.
Based on donation activities as well these people’s supports, the following paid and charity
activities can support our free lab’s activity in next years:
A donation activity, year round
Co-operation with local big companies as well a foreign funders for a donation and fund
Association members donation
Frequent VIP meetings for a donation
Activities of serial lectures by scientists, researchers, as well professionals
Offerings of educational tutoring and resources to public
Workshops, trainings for public
Help to their resume, CV to public
Give an advice to study abroad with a scholarship to public
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Professional development to public
Choose profession to youth
7. Please enter the first name, last name, e-mail address, exchange program, and country
of citizenship of each team member. Please indicate the roles and responsibilities of the
team leader and all team members. What experience or knowledge does the alumnus/a
have to fulfill the assigned role? Which activities will they manage?
Team Leader (You) How will you contribute to the implementation of the project? (200
word limit)
Dr. Tuyatsetseg Badarch, Associate Professor, Founder and CEO of Mongolian Researcher/Phd
Association (MRPA), [email protected], [email protected], Fulbright Science
and Technology PhD Award 2010-2013, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Founder of Mongolian Researchers/PhDs Association, CEO at the Youth Technology Center
coding lab, University Professor, MBA student in USA.
Become Fulbrigher, I had been working and studying very hard for last many years, as a result of
my achievements, I became PhD, professor in IT under the prestigious Fulbright Science and
Technology PhD scholarship from 2010 to 2013. I am the one of only 40 recipients throughout the
world’s all countries for 2010.
I was recipient of Fulbright award for 2010 to 2013 cohort please see at
http://scienceandtech.fulbrightonline.org/index.php/sat-program-fellows/fellows/2010-fellow-
profiles. The major research direction are computation, big data, languages are SQL, Hadoop.
Prior to arriving in the U.S., I was involved in helping disadvantaged families educate their
children. After the U.S., as a Fulbrigher, I have been wishing to lead the strong individuals that
should do a good thing for society. For my entire life in past, I was awarded 6 government
scholarship including Mongolia, Russa, China, India, Taiwan as well U.S. Therefore, I have
founded Mongolian Researchers/PhD Association NGO to wrestle all my professional and
personal passions under our administrative umbrella in 2015! This was the right time to lead this
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non profit NGO to work for our society, for our children, for our future developed nation.
Currently, we are designing Youth Technology Center.
As the project manager, I will be responsible for all aspects of project planning and
implementation. I am the individual who oversees the work of employees within my direction.
By possessing the ability to disseminate information in a clear-cut manner, I am the leading
manager for getting the information across to others in an effective manner to carry this project out
based on my work as Associate Professor, Head of Information Technology Department,
Mongolian National University.
I am also the main contact for outside entities as well as higher up officials within the
company or corporation.
I am main manager who completes the paperwork as well
I am the individual who often has to make the presentations to the higher up individuals in
the company or corporation.
I am the manager who has a responsibility for lecturing to the general public about certain
computer system issues.
A computer manager who possesses positive attributes such as being a team player, good
leader and great organizational skills is one who is sure to excel in their position as
computer manager within their respective company or corporation.
Team Member 2
Team Member 3
(If Yes is selected above, the team leader will have to enter the same information above for each
additional member, up to 10 total)
Team Member 4:
Dr. Tuyatsetseg Badarch, Associate Professor, Founder and CEO of Mongolian Researcher/Phd
Association (MRPA), [email protected], [email protected], Fulbright Science
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and Technology PhD Award 2010-2013, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Tulga Osor holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from Mongolian University of
Science and Technology (MUST) and a minor in Networking. Previously, he was researcher
and a software engineer at Mobile lab of MUST for last 6 years, and a consultant engineer at
Tax collection software project of Mongolia.
Team member 5:
Batbaatar Batdorj holds an MSc and BSc in Computer Science from Mongolian
National University (MNU). He has been working as an instructor in Computer science
department of MNU for last 8 years. He was part of the team that built MUST’'s online
computer science course catalog. He got three times city level awards in Mobile
programming excellent teaching. He said, “even though children did not have prior
experience with coding, but I believe kids can learn so much through my excellent
teaching instruction”.
Team member 6-10:
Professors
Five members (Professors/PhDs) of the association will have a strong responsibility to work
instructors and pay attention to the course quality.
8. How and when will you implement your project?
Implementation Plan and Timeline: How will you actually make this happen? Outline the
proposed steps for implementation, including the timeframe for each major activity. List proposed
dates (month, quarter, etc.) for each major activity. Include quantitative information about
participants and activities. Include the specific responsibilities of the alumni team. (750 word limit)
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Our project implementation period is proposed for one full year including academic year as well
summer time. Once we get funded, we can start immediately the project. Our partner university is
MNU that can support workforce space which has two big rooms. We are the non profit start up, a
licensed non profit and non government organization, to facilitate grant funding and financial
management processes in accordance with local statutes and U.S. federal acquisition regulations.
Step 1.
Phase I—Coordination, Preparation, Procurement & Set-up – One month period
The set of 25 computers in the lab will be the start part of the project that expected to purchase
immediately when we can get a fund. This one month phase includes official paper works such as
signing the official memorandum of agreement with the MNU for the use of their laboratory space
(two rooms), obtaining necessary official agreement papers from the Government of Ulaanbaatar,
collaborating agreement with community leaders and civil society activists, as well print
advertising through medias, contracting the work plans for implementing and providing for the
administration of this project, also contracts with two full time instructors as well volunteers.
In addition, we will spend a week teaching instructors for their curriculum performance, building
trust, and making adjustments based on their input. These teachers will be observing, learning, and
ultimately empowered to take over teaching the coding class in subsequent time.
Stage 2.
The best coding FREE classes for kids will be available in Mongolia! This class will help to
empower Mongolian kids to love coding.
Fall term (TOTAL 320-400 children)
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER, IT’s APPs (4 weeks: 48 hours: Total 80-100
children): Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and
Publisher for their skills for publishing, photography, filmmaking, as well as secretary
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fundamentals.
BEGINNER TRACK (4 weeks: total 48 hours: Total 80-100 children) : Game: Scratch,
FOR AGES 8-12
BEGINNER TRACK (4 weeks: total 48 hours: Total 80-100 children ): Web
fundamentals, FOR AGES 8-12
BEGINNER TRACK (4 weeks: total 48 hours : Total 80-100 children) : Graphics:
Python; FOR AGES 8-12
Spring term (Total 200-280 children)
INTERMEDIATE TRACK (4 weeks: total 48 hours : Total 80-100 children): Data
science: Python. FOR AGES 12+
INTERMEDIATE TRACK (8 weeks: total 96 hours: Total 60-80 children) : App Master:
Web Development, FOR AGES 12+
ADVANCED TRACK (12 weeks: total 96 hours : Total 40-60 children): Algorithm
Master: Python, FOR AGES 14+
ADVANCED TRACK (24 weeks: total 280 hours: Total 20-40 children): AP Computer
Science A: Java, FOR AGES 14+
Stage 3 .
Evaluation :
In 25-28, December of every year, the project team will organize a meeting our non profit start up
project results through SWOT analysis with our all committee members through VIP meeting and
presentation and discussion. Based on the experience of SWOT analysis in education field, we We
have an excellent experience to do SWOT analysis in education field. We will host a workshop for
public and children parents for our children project as well for their graduation ceremony for fall
term course in 29, December. During this phase, the project team will simultaneously focus its
work efforts on maintaining daily study while working with partners from the MNU to conduct an
impact/outcome evaluation of the project. Totally, 2 time SWOT analysis will be done for one
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academic year. We hope to encourage others to apply for projects, grants through these
presentations and workshops. We will reach more kids through our after school tech club program,
find and train volunteers and teachers for our afterschool tech clubs, create world-class curriculum,
and develop new programs.
9. Communication Plan: How will you promote your project? Include social media, websites, print news, or other forms of media you intend to use to share information about your project to beneficiaries and the public. (500 word limit)
By the end of every month, we will host one VIP meeting with local leaders, business people. In addition, we will run a nationwide campaign called “Let young children fly using their technology wings”. It will tell 10 true stories of our success that can reaching out to more than 1000 children in two months. We will have facebook page.
10. Sustainability: How do you plan to ensure that the impact of the project continues beyond the initial year of funding? (300 word limit)
Sustainability for the Computer programming course’s non stop activity:Mongolian Researchers/PhD Association, it’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp program has a power to work with Mongolian as well global innovators, entrepreneurs, and change-makers. We will support the free programming courses in future through the activities of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp programs. Our Innovation & Entrepreneurship Bootcamp with wen page is a new program that can sustain and assist the Lab through the following activities:
Co-operation for local big companies as well a foreign funders
National scientists jobs their innovation and cooperstion
Association members donation
Academic integration events
Serial lectures by the researchers/PhDs of the association
Frequent VIP meetings for a donation
Lectures campaign: Serial paid lectures by scientists, researchers, as well
professionals
Offerings of educational tutoring and resources to public
Workshops, trainings for public
Help to their resume, CV to public job ,,,,,,,
Give an advice to study abroad with a scholarship to folks
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Professional development to folks
Book club activity, book selling
Mentorship
Bridge for National and International area
PR services
Academic Reward Celebration
Continuous fund seeking activities
Alumni fund and alumni celebration
Paid serial lectures campaign from members of Researchers/PhD association
Academic Book selling campaign
Senior researchers/PhDs events etc.,
Meetups and Morning meetings
National good citizen standard serial lectures
Free workspace for a members and discuss about jobs etc,.
A Future PlanTo support national Software software engineers
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To organize “The YouthCoding” children’s workshop annually in Mongolia
To support Mongolian kids to attend world coding olymiads
To mobile App development training
To support UNESCO YouthMobile Initiative
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Project Estimated Budget
ItemsEstimated Amount
Subtotal by Category
Price Source
STEM Center
STEM center. Its lab rooms
4 room place , 120 metre/square
Total:$173,000 Local market study
Computers and printer expensesDesktops (All in One) $19,980
Subtotal: $21,580
http://www.dell.com/through https://pc-mall.mn/index.php/category/show?categoryId=13035 years guarantee for PCs
20 computer lockers( $14/unit) $901 combined printer/scanner $90
1 LCD projector $420Antivirus Software Free Microsoft and Norton securityOther expenses to Software lisences $1000Connection tools expenses1 power Inverter $55
Subtotal: $3,020
https://pc-mall.mn
Local markethttp://nomin.mn/
2 inverter Batteries ($150/unit) $3003 power extension cords ($14/unit) $4510 HDMI cables($15/unit) and 10 VGA cables( 15/unit) $300 20 headphones ($12/unit) $240 https://pc-mall.mn/Materials for internet installation (modem, router) $80 https://pc-mall.mn/
Internet Access($50/month)* Free Mobile.mn ISPCenter lab equipments
tables, desks, and bookshelf $1,100
Subtotal: $2,400
http://nomin.mn/mn/
20 chairs ($30/Unit) $600Office supplies(pencils, pens, printer paper, notebooks, note cards, chalkboards, chalk, printer cartridges) $300Support for class time ($80/week for 12 weeks) $400 http://nomin.mn/mn/c/18Grand Total: $200,000
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