1."Teachers Without Borders" Education advisers
CIESF sends experienced Japanese teachers to Provincial or Regional Teacher Training Center (PTTC / RTTC) in Phnom Penh and Prey Veng as education advisers.
-Subject is limited to Mathematics and Science. ( Universal subject)
-Education advisers guide local teachers at teacher training Centers about teaching methods, how to make and use experiment tools, how to use compass and protractor, and so on. They also create lesson plan for teaching students.
2. Establishment of Graduate School of Education
Education system has been established but the management ability of Cambodian government is still weak. This graduate school is a place for Cambodian government officials from the Ministry of Education who administer or manage education policies or curriculums to re-educate about management of higher education succeeded in Japan and other developed countries. The graduate school will be located in National Institute of Education in Phnom Penh on 2012.This is a fundamental solution support for education issues in Cambodia.
3. Establishment of Faculty of Education
More than 60 universities in Cambodia, there is no Faculty of Education. For the level of education, Faculty of Education and Graduate School of Education are necessary for students who want to be a skillful teacher. In the future, teachers must have graduated from four-year college. First of all we are preparing to establish graduate school of education (Master course) in Royal University of Phnom Penh.
4. Agriculture university support
80% of Cambodian depends on agriculture, but farming techniques and thus income are still low. Children become valuable labor force for their family, and this prevents them from going to school. With the development of agricultural technology, it is believed that children can attend school regularly and dropout rate will reduce. Education support is connected with agriculture support. CIESF supports faculties of agriculture in universities. First of all we start to support Battambang University located in the province of grain-growing region, Battambang. This is a method that extends the support from universities to region. The goal of this project is farming village development led by universities.
5. Entrepreneurship Program
Three months from July to September 2009, CIESF conducted free business administration courses (COBLAS) for students, professors and government agencies cooperated with some universities in Cambodia.
*COBLAS=Consulting Based Learning for ASEAN SMEs
By cooperating with universities in Cambodia, "the first business plan contest" was held, to support entrepreneurial （Annual event from now on）
・Opening ceremony was held on 1st of July 2010
・ Final ceremony was held on 15th of January 2011
Winners (3 teams) in the incubation
Our goal is that many young Cambodians will start their own company in the future which will help promote employment in the country and become driving force for the development of Cambodia economy.
