Mongolia’s childcentered equity falls to 3.91 points

The Independent Agency Against Corruption (IAAC) partnered with the Mongolian Student Federation to conducted a situation analysis of children’s equity in the country...

The Independent Agency Against Corruption (IAAC) partnered with the Mongolian Student Federation to conduct a situation analysis of children’s equity in the country.

Results showed a 0.06 point decline to 3.91 points over the last year. The child-centered equity is measured from one to five, with five meaning that equity in children’s rights is achieved.

“Providing a fair chance in life doesn’t just benefit children. It allows the whole of society to profit from their skills, talents and potential and, in turn, boosts social and economic progress. Development agencies, researchers and economists across the world are finding evidence that more equitable societies have better growth prospects and are more prosperous and stable. Achieving equity means that societies have to address the underlying drivers of inequity that often appear even before a child is born,” UNICEF

Mongolia's child equity

rate by years wrote in a study.

Mongolia achieved the highest child right’s equity in 2014 with 4.03 points, but the lowest in 2012 at 2.93 points.

MONGOLIA'S CHILD EQUITY

RATE BY YEARS

The study found that the equity of child rights differed between provinces, but overall, their rate declined since last year. The equity trend has been going upward for Govi-Altai, Zavkhan and Selenge provinces since 2015, while it went downward for Orkhon, Khovd and Ulaanbaatar in the past four years. This year, Govi-Altai was evaluated the best at protecting the rights of children with equity rate of 4.39 points, followed by Zavkhan (4.21) and Dundgovi (4.19). The three worst performers were Umnugovi (3.39), Orkhon (3.4) and BayanUlgii (3.72).

Researchers discovered that children feel and experience inequity as they get older. In other words, equity among students in eighth grade totaled 4.1 points based on 12 questions included in the survey, whereas it was 3.86, or 0.24 points lower, among 12th grade students.

An interesting finding was the fact that girls felt equity more than boys. The equity rate for boys averaged 3.73 points, but girls’ averaged 3.9.

IAAC found that equity of children’s rights is 0.15 points higher in public schools than in private schools where it reached 3.81.

Discussing equality, encouraging and praising acts of justice, teaching about fairness, paying attention to children, and taking better care of them will make it easier to create equitable society for children, according to research authors.