1. Institute of Foreign Languages
Department of English
Group Members:
1. SOK Chansy
2. SIV Vimeansourkea
Class : A3.6
PRESENTATION TOPIC
Education in Contemporary Cambodia
Lecturer: Sim
Siden
AcademicYear 2013-201411/10/2013 CE301 1
2. CONTENTS
I. Introduction
II. Education System
III.Education LAW (2007)
IV.Challenges to Educational Reform
V. Why Education?
VI.Conclusion
VII.Question and answer
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3. I. Introduction
• What is Education?
• Education in its general sense is a form
of learning in which the knowledge, skills,
and habits of a group of people are transferred
from one generation to the next through
teaching, training, or research.
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4. I. Introduction (cont.)
• Traditional education in Cambodia was handled
by the local Wat, and the Bhikkhu were the
teachers.
• The students were almost entirely young boys.
• During the period of the French protectorate, an
educational system based on the French
model was introduced alongside the traditional
system.
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5. I. Introduction (cont.)
• Only seven high school students graduated in
1931, and only 50,000 to 600,000 children
were enrolled in primary school in 1936.
• More scientific
• Khmer Rouge (1979s)
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6. II. Education System
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• Schools were reopened officially in Sep, 1979
• Vietnamese invasion (1979-1989)
• Vietnamese experts (all ministries)
• Communist theory (for education)
• None Democratic ( language, Theory)
• Education System : 4+3+3 (1979)
• 5+3+3 and 6+3+3 (1996- present)
7. II. Education System (cont.)
Higher Education (BA, MA, PhD)
• 38 universities (ref. 2013)
• More than 300 universities in Cambodia
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8. III. Educational Law (2007)
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• Development Partners= Donors
• UNICEF, UNESCO, ADB
• 55 Articles:
• The aim at strengthening quality and efficiency
of education at all levels.
9. IV. Challenges to Educational Reform
• Dropout rate & repetition
• Corruption (series)
• Less Quality
• Unemployment rate
• More fund?
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18. V. Why Education? (cont.)
2. Job Market
“Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed
him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own
rice and you will save his life.”
― Confucius
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19. IV. Why Education? (cont.)
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“Education is the most powerful weapon
which you can use to change the
world.”
― Nelson Mandela (s. African president)
“All I have learned, I learned from books.”
― Abraham Lincoln (16th president of USA)
20. V. Why Education? (cont.)
• “The purpose of education is to replace an
empty mind with an open one.”
― Malcolm S. Forbes (American businessman)
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21. V. Why Education? (cont.)
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Dr. Haruhisa Handa, 1951- Present
22. VI. CONCLUSION
• Summary of Education in Cambodia
• Social Value VS Power value
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Dr. Haruhisa Handa (a.k.a. Toshu Fukami) was born in 1951. He attended Doshisha University where he received a degree in economics. He then went on to study with the Master Class at Musashino Academia Musicae where he graduated with a major in vocal music. He earned a masters degree in creative arts from WAAPA (West Australian Academy of Performing Arts) at Edith Cowan University, West Australia, as well as a Ph.D in Literature from the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University.
Dr Handa’s golf ambassadorships include:
- Partner of the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) GB&I- International Ambassador of the Ladies European Tour- International Ambassador of the Asian Tour- Honorary Chairman of the Japanese Blind Golf Association- Honorary President of the International Blind Golf Association- International Ambassador of the Faldo Series Asia- Chairman of The Legends Tour (U.S. Women’s Senior Golf Association)- International Ambassador and Patron of Golf Australia- PGA of Australasia Life Member- Honorary Patron of The Duke of York Sports Foundation- Member of the On Course Foundation Global Council
Dr Handa has supported golf for over 25 years
Dr Handa is Honorary Patron of the Duke of York Sports Foundation, which promotes amateur sport for the benefit of young people and offers academic and golf scholarships to 13 - 18 year old players. He is also a member of the On Course Foundation’s Global Council. The On Course Foundation affords opportunities both to play golf and work within the golf industry to members of the British Armed Forces who have sustained serious injuries in the line of duty.
In recognition of long-standing contributions to blind welfare, Dr Handa became the first Japanese person to be appointed to the post of Vice President at the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), the UK’s oldest and largest charity.