PUBLISHED: 27 August 2019

15 points reform program (2016-2018)

Public financial management: MoEYS introduced IT-based financial management system in 36 budget entities at central level and 25 Provincial Offices of Education (POEs). MoEYS trained procurement staff involved in latrine construction from 216 schools. It also trained financial officers and internal audit officers, and piloted internal audit.
Teacher deployment: reviewed and revised requirements and procedures for transferring and changing workplaces of education staff, assessed and self-declared the status of surplus or shortage of teachers at basic education and higher education levels in colleges and lycées across the country, reviewed the use of teachers with civil service status, contract teachers, double-shift teachers and multi-grade teachers in 25 POEs, 40 DOEs and 100 schools, included 1,400 Khmer-Muslim teachers and 20 indigenous teachers into civil service category, and included 50 multilingual community schools as public schools.
Teacher training center reform: developed Regional Teacher Training Centers (RTTCs) in Phnom Penh and Battambang as the Teacher Education Colleges, adopted standards for teacher training institutions, and developed teacher standards and formulated the concept note on teacher career pathway.
Promoting teachers’ qualification: developed capacity of master trainers in Teacher Training Center (TTC) on Mathematics and Science and pedagogy practicum, introduced credit system for assessing capacity of education staff, created Teacher Support Office and developed the policy on teacher career pathway, developed program to train basic education teachers to become higher-education-level teachers using accelerated system towards Bachelor level for 6 subjects including Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Khmer Literature and History, trained 700 basic education teachers teaching in Lycées to become higher-education-level teachers using accelerated system.
Inspection: developed the concept of education quality assurance at pre-school and general education levels, developed guidebooks on regular inspection and inspection tools, developed capacity of 51 existing education inspectors, and provided trainings to education inspectors and set up inspection structure at sub-national level by creating 8 regional inspectorates including Phnom Penh, Takeo, Preah Sihanouk, Battambang, Siem Reap, Prey Veng, Kampong Cham, and Stung Treng.
Learning outcome assessment: designed test subjects, printed test books and administered the test for grade 6 on Khmer Language and Mathematics, conducted regional assessment at primary education level on pilot basis in 35 schools, conducted PISA-D on pilot basis in 56 schools, and conducted reading speed test for grade 1, 2 and 3 of primary schools.
Lower and Upper Secondary Education Examination Reform: improved the guidelines on national upper secondary education examination, improved reform mechanism and monitoring system for upper secondary education examination, strengthened the selection of members of adjudicating committees at the stage of test correction and correction reviewer.
Curriculum and Core Textbook Reform: introduced new English textbooks for grade 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, and prepared syllabus and standards for specialized subjects.
School Building Construction and Repair: launched New Generation School in Preah Sisowath Lycée, constructed toilets and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in 216 schools in 25 provinces, constructed community pre-school buildings, pre-school resource centers, primary schools, teacher accommodation and District Offices of Education (DOEs)buildings, and collected information on shelter schools, to-be-established schools, annex schools and satellite schools.
Higher Education Institution Assessment: improved procedures and processes for accrediting higher education institutions, developed HEMIS, and drafted documents on internal education quality assurance at program level in higher education institutions.
Sport Sector Promotion: implemented the national policy on physical education and sport development, human resource training, improved the structure of competition by organizing competition in 2016 and competition every 2 years, and adopted curriculum for physical education in lower secondary education.
Youth Policy Action Plan Implementation: established Council for Youth Development in 20 out of 33 ministries and established 4 technical inter-ministerial committees, provided leadership training to youth councils and child councils through national camping; promoted learning clubs in lycée and prepared labels for students by subject, operated market information centers in Kandal, Kampong Cham and Kampong Thom provinces with support from National Employment Agency of Sweden, and cooperated with ILO to implement community-based enterprise development program and entrepreneurship program in 5 lycées in Kandal, Takeo, Kampong Chhnang and Phnom Penh based on the 110-hour curriculum on understanding business.
Technical Education: adopted life skill curriculum frameworks for grade 4 to grade 9 and life skill curriculum (content, teaching hours and methodologies), developed workshop standards for life skills and equipment in lower secondary schools, adopted documents on career counseling and information on best practice-based skill studies in 4 secondary schools in Battambang province, produced teacher manual and trained 13 national trainers to expand the activities to other target provinces, organized forums on career selection and pursuance of higher education in Prey Veng, Takeo, Kampot, Kep and Banteay Meanchey provinces, improved curriculum based on labor market demands for mechanical, electrical, electronic, agronomy and veterinary skills, established agriculture training center in Rasmey Sorphorn Lycée in Staung district, Kampong Thom province and provided agricultural skill training to students and community members around the school by collaborating with Royal University of Agriculture.
Establishment for New Generation School: adopted the policy on new generation schools, ran new generation school in Preah Sisowath Lycéeby setting up subject-based laboratories, computer labs with computers equipped, subject rooms, teacher rooms and library.
Career Pathway and Training for School Principals: developed the concept note on teacher career pathway, developed guidebook for school principals, trained school principals from all levels on governance, management, leadership and education inspection system, developed credit system for school principals’ professional development.

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