UNESCO says quality of education remains major concern for Cambodia

The quality of education is still a big concern for Cambodia and the country needs to set a more effective strategy to enhance teaching conditions and quality of education for all learners, Anne Lemaistre, UNESCO representative in Cambodia, said Thursday. “I would like to commend the Cambodian Ministry of Education for making a great level of success in terms of enrollment to various education levels, as well as internal efficiency at primary level,”she said at the launching of the 2013/14 UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report. “However, quality of education remains a big concern towards achieving Universal Primary Education goal due to several factors: quality teacher is one of them,”she said. … With a population of 14.8 million, Cambodia currently has 6,910 primary schools, 1,214 secondary schools, 433 high schools and 101 higher education institutions, according to the Ministry of Education.

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