Education: Primary Schooling For All


Achieving the educational targets in Samlout is a complex undertaking requiring multiple, integrated interventions. To ensure that interventions are educationally sound, practical and sustainable the MJP education team continues to access the expertise and experience of educational partners both within Cambodia and internationally. Since 2008, the programmes focuses on improving the knowledge and skills of teachers, developing school and student resources, and enhancing government partnerships and community involvement. Until now, MJP continuouslly design and implement professional coaching and training to: 5 primary schools with 1,576 students (749 girls and 827 boys) and 43 teachers, 5 kindergarten classes with 136 children (60 girls and 76 boys) and 5 teachers, and 1 lower secondary school with 165 students (83 girls and 82 boys) and 11 teachers.


2011 Education Interventions


  • Professional Learning Workshop for Teachers
  • Food for Life: School Gardens Life Skill
  • Voluntary Sport Club
  • Eco-ranger Club
  • Kindergarten
  • Early Childhood Care Development (ECCD)
  • Library
  • Hygiene and Sanitation
  • Community School Outreach
  • School Nutrition
  • Emergency Food Assistance (For families to send their girls to school)
  • Gender Empowerment: Vocational Training for Girls and Women
  • Student Support

Targets

Ensure all school-aged boys and girls across Samlaut have access to primary and lower secondary schools

Improve net admission rate in primary schools

Improve net enrolment ration in primary school education

Improve net enrolment ratio in lower-secondary education

Increase the survival rate from grade 1 to 5

Increase the survival rate from grade 1 to grade 6 (last grade of primary cycle)

Increase the survival rate from grade 1 to 9 (last grade of basic cycle)

Increase the literacy rates in all grades

Eliminate gender disparity in nine-year basic education

Improve the ratio of girls to boys in primary education

Ensure that 50% of kindergarten children will be able to attend kindergarten classes by 2012