Essay On Education In Cambodia

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Chapter 1: Cambodia’s Education History
The history of Cambodian education began within the Buddhist pagoda. As the village ethical and social training center, the pagoda had been the sole place of its education for many centuries. Techniques of education were based on maxims often taken from Cbaps, prescriptive moral precepts.
From 1863 to 1953, the French protectorate regime implemented a new education system: pagoda renovated schools. What was at stake was to teach new subject matter such as arithmetic, French and geography over and above its traditional subjects. There were 225 pagoda renovated schools in 1932-1933, and their number rose to 908 in 1938-1939. For the period 1932-1939, there were 18 Franco-Khmer public schools. The first and only one comprehensive curriculum of secondary education was offered in 1935 when Sisovath junior high school became a grammar school.
From 1953 to 1970, Prince Norodom Sihanouk’s government made substantial progress in education. Between 1955 and 1958, the figure of pagoda renovated schools rose by 47, while Khmer public schools (Franco-Khmer) increased from 1,352 to 1,653. In the superior education, the number are even more noticeable: from 11 schools in 1956 to 18 in 1958 and to 29 in the following years. It also made great efforts concerning universities: …show more content…

Childhood education, preschool, caters to children from the age of 3 to 5 years old. Sis years of primary education and three years of lower secondary education make up the country’s basic education provision. After the completion of lower secondary education, students have the choice of continuing to upper secondary education or of entering secondary level vocational training programs under the umbrella of the MoLVT. After completing upper secondary education, students can either attend the vocational trainings or pursue at

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