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Education For All On The Way and More Efforts Needed
Supported by the sector-wide approach for equal opportunity and quality education, Cambodia has made continuous improvement toward the goal of education for all. The synthetic technical support to MoEYS is further strengthened thanks to the harmonized cooperation among members of the Education Sector Working Group (ESWG) chaired by UNICEF (previously chaired by UNESCO). Education, e.g. the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD), Primary Education, Non-formal Education, and Teacher Education and Training have been seen rapid development in the past three years. |
 While the primary school enrolment rate remains at 92.1% in 2007, there was a strong growth attached to lower and upper secondary enrolments between 2002/2003~2006/2007, with the net enrolment rate for the lower secondary increasing from less than 20% to 33.7% while for the upper secondary from 7 % to 12.5%. The overall literacy rate for aged between 15 and 24 has increased from 73.6% in 2004 to 84.7% in 2006. However, there are still over 15% youths between 15 and 24 are illiterate. Great commitment will also be urgently needed if the Education For All (EFA) goals for literacy for 15-24 year olds are to be met.
Improving access and quality continues to be a major priority of the MoEYS and the donor community. In particular, stronger efforts are needed for the development of primary and lower secondary schools in rural and remote regions. As a means to improve quality, the MoEYS has developed priority plans to address issues of quality especially through increasing teacher efficiency and remuneration so that it can reasonably expect higher performance from staff in classrooms. In addition, more endeavors have been made to literacy classes and non-formal education section including the buildup of children friendly floating schools, Community Learning Centers as well as the literacy classes.
The Royal Government of Cambodia has also increased the education sector share of the national budget from 18.3% in 2002 to 19.2% by 2006. To maintain the trend, one of the efforts made is the Public Financial Management reform.
Data Source: “Education in Cambodia 2003~2007” produced by the EMIS Office, Planning Department of MoEYS under the support of UNICEF, 2007
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| Celebration of International Mother Language Day - ()
21-02-2011 8:10 am  International Mother Language Day has been celebrated on 21 February each year since 2000. This year, UNESCO and UNICEF in Cambodia will jointly celebrate the Day, honouring the world's nearly 6,000 languages and promoting linguistic diversity and bilingual and multilingual education. More |
| World Teacher Day - (UNESCO HQ)
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Through the lenses of photojournalists, the virtual exhibition, “Tribute to Teachers”, presents snapshots of teachers exercising their profession in difficult circumstances – in remote rural communities, in zones recovering from conflict, in areas struck by natural disasters. They show teachers working with migrants, refugees, with children from nomadic families or with special needs. More |
| Press Release for Global Action Week 2010 - ()
30-03-2010 1:55 am  In April this year, children and adults from all over the world will be participating in an international campaign with the purpose of giving every child and adult in the world the opportunity to get an education by 2015, the 1GOAL: Education for All. 1GOAL has been launched to coincide with the FIFA Football World Cup. The aim of Global Action week is to give priority to education financing even in the face of the economic downturn. More |
| World Teachers’ Day 2009 – Investing in Teachers for Quality Education - ()
15-09-2009 12:20 am  On the 6th of October 2009 UNESCO Phnom Penh Office celebrates the World Teacher’s Day. This year, like previous years, the day will be organized together with ILO and several NGO’s: Aide et Action Southeast Asia, Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO), NGO Education Partnership (NEP), Disability Action Council (DAC) and Hagar. The theme of the WTD this year is “Investing in Teachers for Quality Education”. More |
| Celebrating the International Literacy Day 8th of September 2009 - ()
08-09-2009 9:10 am The International Literacy Day on the 8th of September has been celebrated globally for over four decades. Each year, on this day, UNESCO reminds the international community where we stand in literacy and adult learning and the urgency of creating a literate society in the era of rapid changes. More |
| World Day Against Child Labour - (UNESCO Phnom Penh)
12-06-2009 7:30 am  Held annually since 2002, the World Day Against Child Labour will take place this year (2009) on June 12th. Lead by the International Labour Organization (ILO), this year’s event will also serve as an occasion to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the adoption of ILO Convention No. 182 on the elimination of the worst forms of child labour. The convention will focus in particular on young girls in the labor force, with the theme of Give girls a chance: end child labour. More |
| Press Release: 2nd UNESCO Science and Technology Camp - ()
05-02-2009 7:05 am UNESCO Phnom Penh is co-organizing the 2nd UNESCO Science and Technology Camp for children which will take place at the Cambodian Japan Cooperation Center, in Phnom Penh from 24 February until the 05 of March. More |
Documents
| Peer and Outreach Education for Improving the Sexual Health of Men who have Sex with Men
 This manual helps peer educators and outreach workers working with MSM sustain and update knowledge about HIV/AIDS and sexual health issues. It provides detailed information about key points that a peer educator or outreach worker may be asked about during his work. It aims to improve the scope and accuracy of information that peer and outreach workers provide to their target audience. This is not a training manual but rather a reference manual. More |
| Ethnography Study of Male to Male Sexuality in Cambodia
 The Ethnography Study of Male to Male Sexuality in Cambodia was done under the support from UNESCO Office in Phnom Penh. This study was done taking a life history approach of the interviewees in order to understand their ideas and concepts in terms of homosexual relationships and the contexts in which they occur in Cambodia. More |
| HIV Preventive Education Information Kit for School Teachers
 This HIV Preventive Information tool Kit for School Teachers is an adapted version which was reviewed and adapted by the Cambodian team from Ministry of Education Youth and Sport. The original book was taken from the UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok as part of its advocacy tool kit. More |
| HIV/AIDS Media Guide
 Cambodia has recently been recognized by national and international agencies as one of the few countries in the world to successfully control the HIV epidemic among the general population. The most recent prevalence data available shows a reduction in HIV prevalence to 0.9% in 2006 along with an increase in consistent condom use among the sentinel group to over 90%. However, there still more works to be done. An emerging of concentrated epidemic in certain populations, notably sex workers and their clients, injecting drug users and men who have sex with men with a significant increase of HIV prevalence among these groups. Condom use is disturbingly low among people in “sweetheart” relationships. And more people are taking drugs. At this juncture, the risk of an epidemic crossing back into the general population is very real. More |
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