Following a eight-week winter break, Mongolia will resume in-person classes for all levels of educational institutions starting from 14 February. The  winter breaks of schools has been extended after fourth pandemic wave driven primarily by the Omicron variant started in the country. Normally, school winter breaks last for two to three weeks. 

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, general educational schools in areas classified as high-risk, especially in the capital Ulaanbaatar had rotated classroom training and TV or online classes on a weekly basis. Over the past two years, Mongolian educational institutions conducted more than 30 percent of their classes in classrooms due to the COVID-19 pandemic,

One in four students of general educational schools in the country have suffered from isolation, scholastic backwardness and anxiety due to the pandemic over the past two years, according to the country’s Ministry of Education and Science.