ULAN BATOR, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Eight schools including a kindergarten will be built in Mongolia with China's assistance, the Mongolian Government said Thursday.

At the building project inauguration ceremony here Wednesday,the Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia, Xing Haiming, said China will continue to provide assistance and support for Mongolia's economic and social development.

The project is part of the government's plan to improve access and quality of general education and end the system of three shifts in schools by 2020.