Topic: The Education in Cambodia
Ladies and Gentlemen:
My name is Koa Dyna, from Cambodia. Than you very much for giving me a great honor to speak.
To begin, I would like to ask you a question. How important is an education in your countries?
In my presentation today, I would be talking about Education in Cambodia. It will be divided into three components namely, '
1. Definition of education
2. The priority of education in Cambodia;
3. The Education system in Cambodia; and conclusion.
First of all, I’m going to tell about the definitions and priorities of education in Cambodia. Education is the process of training and instructing, especially for children and young people in school, which is designed to give knowledge and develop skills. As wars have just put to an end, the priority in Cambodia is to produce human resources to fulfill the national and international requirements.
Next, I will be telling you about the education system in Cambodia. The Educational system in Cambodia is not far different from that of other countries. It is divided into five categories, namely kindergarten; primary education; secondary education; vocational and technical college, and tertiary education or higher education.
In respect to kindergarten in Cambodia, Children reaching the ages of 4 or 5 years old are supposed to attend it, but it is not compulsory, parents can decide whether to send their children to preschool. Fortunately for those who live in the provincial towns or cities there is more access to kindergartens and parents usually send their children to kindergarten to get them accustomed to school activities before starting their primary education but we do not expect them to learn much. Unfortunately, those children who live in rural areas do not have any chance to go to preschool due to the shortages of the classroom, teachers, teaching and learning materials; and especially the poor standard of living of their parents.
With regards to primary education, it is compulsory for children between the ages of 6 or 7 years old to attend primary school. They have to spend 6 years to learn their basic writing, reading, and calculating skills. Each year they have to learn hard in order to be promoted automatically. Previously, at the end of primary school, there was a final examination conducted throughout the country to assess the students’ abilities and those students who failed the exams dropped out of school at this time, which lead to the increase of illiterates and it was also a kind of discouragement for rural children to stop going to school. But now the government has changed its policy and decided not to have exams at the end of primary school anymore because they want many more students to get access to secondary education and it is a kind of encouragement for children to spend at least ten years at school.
As has been mentioned previously primary students are automatically promoted to secondary school without taking any examination. In secondary school, there are two levels:
* Lower secondary school: Students have to work very
hard for three years because at the end of their third year they have to sit for a formal examination conducted nationwide in order to get a chance to go to upper secondary school.
* Those who pass the exam can continue their study for another three years in the upper secondary school. They have to work even harder, on one hand, they have to be promoted each year and on the other hand, they have to sit for the final examination of high school so as to get the general certificate of secondary education. For those who have got a general certificate of secondary education, they may continue their education. They have two alternatives:
* They can go to vocational or technical training college where they have to spend two years acquiring specific skills for their future or Attend tertiary education or higher education, at the university where they have to spend four years to obtain the degree they want. In this case, students can choose to go to a private university or a state? run university. But in the state-run university, the number of selected students is limited, so the university entrance examinations are very competitive.
In conclusion, I believe that Cambodia’s system of education is similar to that of the other ASEAN countries. Thank you.
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