1. Early Childhood Education in Cambodia : Parenting Education in 21st Century
Department of Early Childhood Education
Ministry of Education Youth and Sport
CAMBODIA

2. Contents History of Cambodia ECE services
Data on Children Under 6 years old in Cambodia
Parenting Education Program
PARENTING EDUCATION: Mission and Vision
Parenting Education in 21st Century
Challenges and ways forward

3. History Context of Cambodia
War between 1975 – 1979
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4. ECE Services : 4 Public Pre-School (1980 – just a few in Phnom Penh)
Now around 3000 schools
Data Collection on Parenting Education Program
Community Pre-School (1992)
Now 2832 schools
Home-Based Program (2000) – Far from Rural Area that can’t access to Pre-School Program
Core parents
Private Pre-School
392 private pre-schools

5. Data on Children Under 5 Years Old
Research from CDHS on children under 5 Shows that
32% are stunted
24% are underweight
10% are wasted
Malnutrition is considered the underlying cause of 45% of all child deaths
(2014)
CDHS = Cambodia Demographic and Health Survey

6. Parenting Education Program…
Started in 2015
13 modules
Operation Manual
M&E
Apply to All services, except Private Pre-School

7. What is Parenting Education Program in Cambodia?
PEP is basically transformed from Home-Based Program
Vision: Increase the number of parents participating in parental education programs by 2018 and the number of children who are able to access healthcare services as needed by 2018; Reduce domestic violence malnutrition, maternal and infant mortality rates.

8. WHY PARENTING EDUCATION??
First 5 years of life – most critical period to lay foundation for human + social development
Parental education is crucial to improve child nutrition and reduce infant mortality.
Improved health leads to improved learning outcomes.
Improved learning outcomes lead to sustainable development and economic growth.

9. 21st century Education??
Cognitive Skills
Non Cognitive Skills

10. “Educated parents can have a transformative power : Parenting classes and parental awareness training have a high impact on child development” (Minister of Education of Cambodia, ARNEC 2017)
13 Modules
Module 1: The right of child to comprehensive care
Module 2: Conception and pregnancy care, Post prenatal care, Child development monitoring and nutrition
Module 3: Health status, general heath and prevention
Module 4: Hygiene and Environment
Module 5: Play and child development
Module 6: Child behavior and control
Module 7: Child protection, identification of domestic violence and intervention

11. Module 8: Communication and child development
Module 9: Injuries and prevention
Module 10: Health service and utilization
Module 11: Children with disability, delayed, care and intervention
Module 12: Preparation for schooling
Module 13: Non communicable disease, prevention and parental health care

12. Technology No in Program Yes in Management
Kids in City are attached to their iPad (Depend on family Situation)
Program to be improved for a proper usage to technology

13. Challenges
Assure routine parental education sessions – core mothers have too many tasks
Core mothers competencies to offer training session is limited
Limited practical applications of knowledge and skills due to no operational budget
Technology Integration

14. Ways forward
Community Pre-School Management (To be implemented in early 2018) – Sub decree is adopted
2832  600  More than 10% each year (Through the assessment tools by Ministry of Education, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Public Function)
1/33 indicators to reach the standard is Parenting Education
Salary increased and controlled by MoEYS
Increasing the numbers of pre-school teachers from 200 to 400 per year – ERC is doing research at RTTC and PTTC
Insure the continued teachers training

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