the current situation of ece in cambodia
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Prak Kosal, Under Secretary General of NC-ECCD, and Director of ECE Department, MoEYS. [email protected]
The Current Situation of
ECE in CAMBODIA
1. About Cambodia 2. Legal Framework 3. Mechanisms Support the National Policy 4. ECE Progress
5. Moving forwards
L A O S
24 Provinces, 01 Municipality, 203 District/Khan/Cities, 1.646 Commune/Sangkats, and 14,383 Villages.
Land : 181,035 km2 Population : Population: 15.3 million; 51.5% of them are women
32% are stunted
Children under-one mortality rate is 28 per
1,000 live births
Children under-five mortality rate is 35 per
1,000 live births
Sustainable Development Goals
Education Law (Chapter 4, Article 16):
The government shall support early childhood
care and education from age of zero to before
preschool, generally provided at childcare
centre in communities or at home.
Preschool shall commence education prior to
primary education for preparation to attend
primary school.
Vision of National
Policy on ECCD:
“All Cambodian children, from conception to age under six, especially disadvantaged, vulnerable and poor children, shall be provide with care and development services”.
ECE Services consists of:
Home-Based/Parental
Education Program
Private Pre-School
Community Pre-School
Public Pre-School
5273
979
2666
8918
5973
1295
2999
10267
6403
1294
2966
10663
6825
1882
3075
11782
7122
2051
3095
12268
FPS PPS CPS Total FPS PPS CPS Total FPS PPS CPS Total FPS PPS CPS Total FPS PPS CPS Total
School Year 2014-15 School Year 2015-16 School Year 2016-17 School Year 2017-18 School Year 2018-19
50438 60949 63509 59363
85459 84343
113010 121958
177077 187412
196669 191832
Year 2014-15 Year 2015-16 Year 2016-17 Year 2018-19
Age 3 Age 4 Age 5
• The parental training program cover the following:
– Conception and pregnancy care, Post natal care, Child development monitoring and nutrition
– Hygiene and Environment
– Health Services and Utilization
• The training modules includes as below : – The right of child to comprehensive care
– Health status, general health and disease prevention
– Play and child development
– Child behaviour and control
– Child protection, identification of domestic violence and intervention
– Communication and child development
– Injuries and prevention
– Children with disabilities, care and intervention
– Preparation for schooling
– Non communicable disease, prevention and parental health care
Expand pre-school classes in primary schools and develop public pre-schools
Develop standardized community pre-schools to be annexed from public education institutions and transform community pre-schools into standardized public pre-schools
Enhance parental education programmes and interventions for childcare by linking with public education institutions to teach the importance of the first 1,000 days
Expand inclusive education programmes for children with disabilities at public and community pre-schools
Provide WASH and nutrition, and health promotion in pre-schools
Education Strategic Plan 2019-2023
The Area
Strategy of Early
Childhood Education
Strengthen the quality of pre-service and in-service training of pre-school teachers to respond to standards
Strengthen the inspection and assessment system for ECE services
Strengthen the curriculum, teaching and learning materials for all ECE services in accordance with standards
Develop capacity and strengthen implementation mechanisms for the roles and responsibilities of management officials of the ECE sub-sector
Strengthen good governance of ECE, results-based planning, management and M&E
Education Strategic Plan 2019-2023
The Area
Strategy of Early
Childhood Education
(Cont.)
