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This page contains information on education, generally related to educational progress in Cambodia.  It provides literacy programs, statistical data, as well as noticeable achievers who may provide inspirations and encouragements for our young generation.

Cambodia Ministry of Education

Link to the Ministry of Education, Yuth and Sports (Khmer): http://www.moeys.gov.kh/

Address and contact information of the Ministry of Education, Yuth and Sports:
http://www.culturalprofiles.net/Cambodia/Units/21.html

Education Sector Support Program 2006-2010:
http://www.moeys.gov.kh/en/education/essp06-10/index.htm

  
 

Some Statistics

Useful data of education sector in Cambodia:
 http://devdata.worldbank.org/edstats/SummaryEducationProfiles/
CountryData/GetShowData.asp?sCtry=KHM,Cambodia

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Noticeable Programs

Sopheap Chak "Sopheap Chak is another urban woman with initiatives and ambitions. The 23-year-old, originally from Kampong Cham province, is a prominent human rights activist. When she talks about changes she believes in it's as if she's a new hopeful inspirational leader."
Read Cambodia: Riding the Wave of Change

Monika Lavan, 17, earned a silver medal from the International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering and Environment Project (I-SWEEEP) Olympiad in Houston, Texas. 
Read her interview with Phnom Penh Post:
 Young scientist scores at global energy fair

Venerable Hoeurn Somnieng uses Asian studies teacher, Tobey Reed to illustrate a point while addressing Reed's Asian studies class. Somnieng founded a growing collection of social and educational movements that include a sewing trades school, a foreign language academy and a junior high school in his native Cambodia.  Read full story: http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2007/09/28/news/news3.txt
Sarik gestures in front of a whiteboard to a

John Morefield, a retired school principal and member of the UW Center for Educational Leadership begins a series of reports from a new school leadership program he has begun in Cambodia. He, and Dr. Ellen Kahan will share stories through an online journal on the following site:
 http://www.newhorizons.org/trans/international/
front_international.htm#jm

First prize essay by a group of Cambodian youth: "How Can Young People Help the Government be More Effective and Accountable." Short essay competition organized by the World Bank under its Program to Enhance Capacity for Social Accountability. (Source: World Bank-Cambodia, Newsletter, Special Supplement, January 2008)http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCAMBODIA/
newsletters/21603973/Essay-Insert.pdf
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Educational Institutions
Higher Education Institutions (Khmer):
Public:  http://www.moeys.gov.kh/about_moeys/public_hedu.htm
Private: http://www.moeys.gov.kh/about_moeys/private_hedu.htm

Another list of universities in Cambodia: http://www.webometrics.info/university_by_country.asp?country=kh

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Others

School Drop-Outs in Cambodia
Children in Cambodia are leaving school as their families cannot afford to supplement teachers' wages. Guy Delauney reports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7372503.stm
Read a Country Brief on Cambodia higher education, prepared by the World Bank for a Regional Higher Education Conference: "Strategic Choices for Higher Education Reform", in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 3 – 5, 2007 under the auspices of the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and the World Bank.
 http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-1121703274255/1439264-1193249163062/Cambodia_CountrySummary.pdf
 Back to school: Education pays off for Asian economies. First published in the Singapore Business Times, December 6, 2007By James W. Adams, World Bank Vice President, East Asia & Pacific Region http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/
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 A World Bank report on "Cambodia: Quality Basic Education for All", January 2005: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTEAPREGTOPEDUCATION/Resources/
cambodia_efa_jan05.pdf
 World Bank, Education Notes, "Achieving Education for All in Post-Conflict Cambodia", July 2002: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/Education-Notes/EduNoCambodia.pdf
 "Achieving Universal Primary Education by 2015 - A Chance for Every Child", World Bank, August 2003: http://www1.worldbank.org/education/pdf/achieving_efa/achieving_efa_full.pdf
 EdStats collects worldwide data on education from national statistical reports, statistical annexes of new publications, and other data sources.  For more information, visit:
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTEDUCATION/
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