2017 Policy Brief on Education in Cambodia (English)

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

The Royal Government of Cambodia has made significant progress in establishing legal foundations and a set of comprehensive policy frameworks to promote education for all in Cambodia. However, challenges remain with access to education, quality of education, and gaps in the implementation of many policies.  

World Vision calls for the Royal Government of Cambodia to:

  • Develop an inter-ministerial legal framework for early childhood education (ECE) and expand support for wider coverage of ECE.
  • Make quality education more inclusive and equitable for the most vulnerable children, including children with disability (CWD), by training teachers about inclusive education for all.
  • Focus on improving the knowledge and skills of primary school teachers to effectively instruct children in basic literacy and mathematics through cooperation with INGOs for equivalency certification as part of the MOEYS’s aim for upgrading teachers.
  • Ensure that schools are safe environments for children through effective implementation of the Policy on Child Protection in Schools (2016) and the Safe School Guidelines (2013).
  • Improve responsiveness and accountability of local decision makers by fully supporting scale-up of the Social Accountability Framework (ISAF) as part of Cambodia’s decentralization process.