Minister: Cambodia makes good progress in education reform

Minister of Training, Youth and Sport Cling Chuon Naron mentioned that during the past five decades of education and learning reform, the ministry has recognized two versions: New Era Educational facilities (NGS) and the introduction of an productive university-centered management program.

Chuon Naron mentioned this though attending an April 25 conference to evaluation the work progress of the ministry for the 2020-2021 educational calendar year and to define its get the job done route for 2022.

The minister reported that in 2015, an education and learning conference set out an “Education Reform Vision” which was primarily based on five pillars.

The initial was the implementation of an action approach and trainer plan the next was inspection the third was the evaluation of education the fourth was advancement of the curriculum and the studying environment and the fifth was the reform of bigger instruction.

“The 2015 instruction convention established out measures for the second section of instruction and university reform. About the past five many years, the ministry has executed college reform, creating two reform models: To start with, the institution of the NGS faculties at the ask for of the Ministry of Economic climate and Finance. Secondly, we have released the new management technique.

The NGS are autonomous in utilizing curricula to cultivate human resources with robust 21st century expertise and high experienced standards. They employ accountability, innovation, the use of info technological innovation in understanding and instructing, difficulty-solving and collaboration projects. With a concentration on science and technologies, they have computer system labs and very well-equipped science services. Personal computer coding, robotics, existence techniques training and experienced counseling are all offered.

“NGS pupils find out 7 main skills. To start with, they show initiative and entrepreneurship, the second are interaction and creating capabilities. The third is investigation and analysis of information and facts, the fourth is curiosity and creativeness, and the fifth is significant wondering talent. Cooperation is the sixth main ability we impart, even though psychological agility is the seventh,” stated Naron.

He reported the NGSs involve a high stage of financial investment in infrastructure and operations, averaging $100,000 for every faculty for every yr.

“So far, we have founded 10 NGSs – 6 at the secondary level and four at the main level,” he mentioned.

The faculty-based administration program is centered on 5 ideas, he described:

The initially is accountability. Principals should be accountable to mothers and fathers and set up university management committees and yearly overall performance studies, evaluations and self-evaluation conferences to reach efficient university criteria.

The next is autonomy. Educational facilities should plan to enhance them selves to solve troubles, primarily to support produce an ecosystem conducive for mastering, guidance instructors, boost faculty lifestyle and guarantee regular skilled advancement as a result of the Leadership Update Programme for college administrators.

The 3rd is evaluation. Exams have to be standardised and graded with transparency and fairness. Effects should really be obtainable to the public and mothers and fathers, he claimed.

The fourth is to fork out awareness to instructors, who need to use check success to boost their educating, consider their efficiency and increase their qualifications.

The fifth is participation, this means that dad and mom need to be concerned in creating the college as nicely.

In accordance to the minister, 100 schools have been chosen for the reform.

He reported that this calendar year, the Schooling Meeting decided to introduce a third stage of steps to reform the instruction sector. It intends to put into action a management technique targeted on results, which should guidebook systematic solutions.