1. Cambodian HE Vision 2030
By Mak Ngoy From Policies to Practices: “Efforts to Excel Cambodia and to Successfully Engage in ASEAN Community through Education” Professional Development Workshop 30 May 2015 Raffles Hotel Le Royal, Phnom Penh

2. Education Policy 2014-2018 and Beyond
Education Strategic Plan
8 Priorities of the Education Action Plan
Higher Education Vision 2030

3. Education Strategic Plan (ESP) 2014-18
ESP Background
ESP ; ESP ; ESP , and ESP
Vision
To establish and develop human resources with high quality and ethics in order to develop a knowledge-based society within Cambodia.
Goals
Ensuring equitable access for all education services
Enhancing the quality and relevance of learning
Ensuring effective leadership and management of education staff at all levels

4. 8 Priorities of the Education Action Plan
Improving quality and efficiency of all education Services
Strengthening personnel management
Strengthening all kinds of National exams
Reforming Higher education
Developing technical skills and soft skills of youths
Implementing public financial management reform
Creating an education research council (ERC)
Reforming physical education and sport

5. HE Vision 2030

6. Overview of Cambodian HE
1940s – First Born HEI
1960s – considered as Glory Period
1970s – Tragic Period
1980s – Reborn (rehabilitation & establishment)
1990s – Reforming/Restructuring/Dev’t (Sort of PPP)
Private HEIs
Fee-paying in public HEIs
Since 2000s – Mushrooming HEIs, especially private HEIs

8. Overview of Cambodian HE
Growing of fragmentation
Number of parent ministries/agencies
9 in 2006
11 in 2008
14 in 2014
But MoEYS and MoLVT are the two giants
Deconcentration away from Phnom Penh
HEIs exist almost in all provinces

9. Student Gross Enrolment
Over 250,000 student enrollment in 2014
Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics

10. Overview of Cambodian HE
Increasing internationalization
Presence of int’l campus & HEIs
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (2008), Nagoya satellite campus (2014)
Joint degree programs & exchanges
RUPP, RULE, PUC, …
Exchanges of students, faculty members, etc.
Program using foreign language as Medium of instruction
RUPP, PUC, BELTIE, RULE, …
Foreign expert & expat holding positions in local HEIs
AEU, BBU, PUC, UC, …

11. Student enrollment Undergraduate Training Distribution by Fields (2011)
At post graduate level, business and administration enrollment is even higher

12. Higher education and development
Poverty (% of population)
2009
2010
2011
Rural
27.5
25.3
23.6
Urban 8
8.5
8.7
Source:

13. Higher education and development

14. Higher education and development
Economic aspect: If Cambodia wants to attract FDI in the range of 6-8% of GDP between now and 2020,
Need about 35,000 engineers and another 46,000 technicians by 2018
Is Cambodian HEIs able to provide?
Social aspect: does Cambodia have enough social workers?
Agriculture
Education
D&D
Health
Source: JICA 2012

15. Cambodian Higher Education Vision 2030
To build a quality HE system that develops human resource with excellent knowledge, skills and moral values
to work and live within the era of globalization and knowledge-based society.
Goals
To develop a good governance system and HE mechanisms
to provide quality HE programs which respond to the needs of socio-economic development and labour market.

16. objectives Create a comprehensive equity and access program
Develop relevant curricula for national development and labour market needs
Improve quality of learning, teaching and research systems
Develop a governance system, mechanisms and policies for HE

17. 8 strategies The 8 strategies aim to ensure that
Student will have an equitable access to HE
HEIs provide students with quality academic programs
HE system maximizes opportunity for lifelong learning and professional development skill
HEIs develop quality assurance systems
HEIs promote research culture
All graduates are equipped with knowledge and skills contributing to national development
All programs are developed in conjunction with analysis of national training provision and skill needs
Relevant ministries and agencies coordinate and collaborate to develop HE system for the national development

18. 6 Action Plan Organizational Structure
The Supreme National Council of Education
Technical Working Group on Higher Education
Implementing Ministries and Institutes:
The Ministry of Education Youth and Sport
Higher Education Institutions
The Accreditation Committee of Cambodia
Parents and Students
Development Partners including Civil Society Organizations

19. 6 Action Plan (Cont.,) Legal Framework Financial Support
Have basic and necessary law ad regulation
Financial Support
Lack of finance: need to prioritize investment and intervention
Capacity Development
Requires qualified human resources in the fields of leadership and management, teaching and research, planning, and data analysis
Project Implementation and, Monitoring and Evaluation
MoEYS , MoEF and other relevant ministry

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