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

Education Policy 2014-2018 and Beyond

Education Strategic Plan 2014-2018

8 Priorities of the Education Action Plan

Higher Education Vision 2030

Education Strategic Plan (ESP) 2014-18

ESP Background

ESP 2001-2005; ESP 2006-2010; ESP 2009-2013, and ESP 2014-2015

VisionTo establish and develop human resources with high quality and ethics in order to develop a knowledge-based society within Cambodia.

Goals1. Ensuring equitable access for all education services2. Enhancing the quality and relevance of learning3. Ensuring effective leadership and management of education staff

at all levels

8 Priorities of the Education Action Plan

1. Improving quality and efficiency of all education Services

2. Strengthening personnel management 3. Strengthening all kinds of National exams4. Reforming Higher education 5. Developing technical skills and soft skills of youths6. Implementing public financial management reform7. Creating an education research council (ERC)8. Reforming physical education and sport

HE Vision 2030

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

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

Student Gross Enrolment

Source: UNESCO Institute of Statistics

Over 250,000 student enrollment in 2014

Overview of Cambodian HE

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.

Foreign expert & expat holding positions in local HEIs• AEU, BBU, PUC, UC, …

Program using foreign language as Medium of instruction• RUPP, PUC, BELTIE, RULE, …

Increasing internationalization

Student enrollmentUndergraduate Training Distribution by Fields (2011)

Basic science6%

IT8%

Social science &

Art7%

Tourism2%

Foreign lan-

guages12%

Law6%

Business Adminis-tration47%

Health5%

Agriculture4%

Engineering3%

11

At post graduate level, business

and administration enrollment is

even higher

Poverty (% of population)

2009

2010

2011

Rural 27.5 25.3 23.6

Urban 8 8.5 8.7

Source: http://data.worldbank.org

Higher education and development

Higher education and development

Higher education and development

Source: JICA 2012

• 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

Cambodian Higher Education Vision 2030

Vision 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.

objectives

1. Create a comprehensive equity and access program

2. Develop relevant curricula for national development and labour market needs

3. Improve quality of learning, teaching and research systems

4. Develop a governance system, mechanisms and policies for HE

8 strategies

The 8 strategies aim to ensure that1. Student will have an equitable access to HE2. HEIs provide students with quality academic programs3. HE system maximizes opportunity for lifelong learning

and professional development skill4. HEIs develop quality assurance systems5. HEIs promote research culture6. All graduates are equipped with knowledge and skills

contributing to national development7. All programs are developed in conjunction with analysis

of national training provision and skill needs8. Relevant ministries and agencies coordinate and

collaborate to develop HE system for the national development

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

6 Action Plan (Cont.,)

Legal Framework 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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