The Ministry for Education, Culture and Science will submit to the Government on January 20 a new set of proposals relating to accreditation of universities and institutes. According to the Vice Minister for Education, Culture and Science, Ch.Kulanda, the proposals are meant to improve the standard of these places of education and training. “We are also aiming to merge some state universities. Specific decisions will be taken on the basis of their programs, personnel and the subjects. These are now being studied. There is also a plan to build a university town 25 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar in the future which will be the campus of one central university.”