• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Aide et Action

Changing the world through education

  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Our Work
    • Our Impact
    • Our Team
    • Our Partners
    • Governance
    • Contact Details
  • Projects
    • All Projects
    • Cambodia
    • China
    • Laos
    • Vietnam
    • Regional
  • Media Center
    • News
    • Stories
    • Publications & Annual Reports
    • Multimedia Gallery
  • Get Involved
    • Donate
    • Volunteer with us
    • Work with us
    • Partner with us
    • FAQs
  • Blog

Development of a Reading Environment to Improve the Quality of Education and Fight Against Illiteracy in Cambodia (Past Project)

February 21, 2017 by

Location

Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Thom, Prey Veng, Siem Reap, Battambang, Kep, Takeo, Kampot and Kampong Cham provinces, CAMBODIA

Background

Recent research by UNICEF in Cambodia found that the out-of-school rate for 5-year olds is exceedingly high  at 71%. Almost half of all Cambodian children enter Grade 1 late, and 54% of students who are of secondary- school age remain in primary school. The problem is more severe in rural areas, where 85% of all at-risk students, or 1.2 million children, are located.

In Cambodia, the school survival rate through to Grade 9 is 37.2% while the adult literacy rate is 73.9% (IBE, 2011; UNESCO, 2012). In addition, while many children do attend school, they are failing to learn. An evaluation carried through externally consultancy found that in the schools we are targeting for action, all grades score below the national benchmark.

Our Actions

This project’s objective is to catalyze improved reading, learning and teaching standards in Cambodia through the roll-out of a suite of quality e-learning applications.

Our main activities to achieve this include:

  • Improving reading ability through regular access to the Khmer LEARN platform for 44,400 children between 3 and 11 years old
  • Developing and up-scaling the apps, and coordinating their installation
  • Training 1,656 pre-school and primary teachers in delivering core subjects, through a tablet-enabled structured e-training course and face-to-face training.
  • Mobilizing and training a community of new and existing young writers, publishers and developers to support the development of relevant digital education contents for the target children
  • Coding education content into ePub3 formats
  • Strengthening the writing industry in Cambodia through increased availability of e- books that comply with industry standards.
  • Improving the transition of pre- and primary education students in target schools, due to improvements in reading and teaching, as well as community level support for culture of learning.
  • Promotion/marketing campaign and national learning workshop.

Related

Primary Sidebar

Categories

  • Blog
  • News
  • Stories

Archives

  • 2021 (20)
    • April (6)
    • March (6)
    • February (2)
    • January (6)
  • 2020 (87)
    • December (6)
    • November (5)
    • October (7)
    • September (3)
    • August (2)
    • July (5)
    • June (4)
    • May (13)
    • April (13)
    • March (13)
    • February (7)
    • January (9)
  • 2019 (55)
    • December (10)
    • November (2)
    • October (7)
    • September (12)
    • August (3)
    • July (2)
    • June (2)
    • April (4)
    • March (7)
    • February (2)
    • January (4)
  • 2018 (6)
    • December (3)
    • July (1)
    • June (1)
    • May (1)
  • 2017 (4)
    • December (1)
    • April (1)
    • February (2)
  • 2016 (38)
    • December (5)
    • October (1)
    • September (1)
    • August (5)
    • July (4)
    • June (10)
    • May (2)
    • April (4)
    • March (2)
    • February (2)
    • January (2)
  • 2015 (87)
    • December (1)
    • November (1)
    • October (3)
    • September (2)
    • August (1)
    • July (6)
    • June (3)
    • May (1)
    • April (1)
    • March (5)
    • February (63)
  • 2014 (5)
    • December (5)

Footer

Aide et Action International –
Southeast Asia & China

5th Floor, #322, Street 182, Sangkat Tek La-ork, Khan Toulkork, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
info_sea@aide-et-action.org
Tell: + 855 (23) 884 510

Aide et Action is a development organization specializing in the education sector.

Other Aide et Action websites:
Open Your Eyes – Education is an Emergency
Africa
France
Hong Kong
International
South Asia
Switzerland
Vietnam

To receive our newsletter, subscribe here!

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

© 2021 · Aide et Action South East Asia & China ·