몽골 전통문자 교육의 현황

Abstract

This study reviewed the current Mongolian government's overall traditional character education policy, analyzed how this education policy was reflected in Mongolia's general middle and high school textbooks, and examined the current status of Mongolia's traditional character education based on this. Mongolians have been using ‘Mongol bichig’, Mongolia’s own traditional script, since the 13th century and have a great heritage and history of written culture. As specified in the ‘Law on the Mongolian Language’ resolved in 2015, Mongolia's traditional script, Mongolian bichig, is ‘the precious heritage of the spiritual culture of the Mongolian people, the roots and stem of the nation's civilization, the unity of the nation, the well-being of the nation, and independence. It is a confirmation of independence, and it is also the noble duty of all Mongolians to learn, teach, use, and transmit the Mongolian language. Mongolia began using the cyrillic alphabet as the country's official alphabet in 1946, and with democratization in 1990, it is making great efforts to use both the current cyrillic alphabet and its own traditional script. The Mongolian government has been implementing many policies related to traditional characters since 1995, starting with the ‘Mongolian Traditional Characters National Program I’. Based on these policies, the subject ‘Mongolian Traditional Characters’ is currently being opened and taught in grades 6 to 12 of general middle and high schools.