Cambodia
Establishing Effective Use of ICT in Education for all in Cambodia
Under the “Promoting the Effective Use of ICT in Education for All in Cambodia” project, UNESCO and the Teacher Training Department of MOEYS are training teachers, both at the pre-service and inservice stages, in ICT skills and the use of ICT to improve teaching and learning. In May 2003, training was provided to teacher trainers who already had basic ICT skills. In August, those trainers trained 400 additional teacher trainers in the use of ICTs for education. To support increased teacher training, MOEYS now requires all students in teacher training colleges to attend at least two hours per week of ICT courses. MOEYS continues to supply the necessary hardware to support this training.
Another objective of the UNESCO project is to provide ICT access to 1,000 primary and secondary school teachers through teaching colleges and to at least 5,000 children and youth enrolled in formal and non-formal education programmes. The project will address geographical and gender-related digital divide issues by targeting teachers and students in deprived areas and by establishing a minimum percentage of female trainees. According to the project guidelines, 35 per cent of the teacher trainers, 40 per cent of the trained primary and secondary school teachers and 45 per cent of the trained children and youth must be female.