Progress, hurdles for education
Despite the fact that Cambodia is slated to reach the six internationally agreed-upon education goals set by Unesco for 2015, the Kingdom’s education system continues to face systemic problems, according to the Ministry of Education’s annual report. The report’s final draft, which was released to the ministry’s annual education congress on March 24 to 26 and obtained yesterday, noted largely incremental improvements that education officials say will enable the country to reach the Education for All (EFA) goals set by Unesco in 2000. However, observers were quick to point out that without increased budgets and shifts in cultural attitudes toward schooling, longstanding problems like high dropout rates will continue to persist. …
Sarah Taguiam and Rebecca Moss
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/progress-hurdles-education
