How STEM Is Modernizing Cambodia’s Education System

[Tharum Bun]

News story: https://kiripost.com/stories/how-stem-is-modernizing-cambodia-education-system

Piloted since 2014, Cambodia’s New Generation Schools (NGS) has gained a reputation for pushing STEM in the Kingdom. NGS is a collaboration between the Education Ministry and Kampuchea Action to Promote Education (KAPE) and aims to modernize the Cambodian education system.

With just a dozen of STEM-integrated NGSs in the country, “access to a Cambodian STEM education is still limited as the number of STEM schools is still in short supply,” according to researcher Ban Chanphalla. He wrote 2020 working paper, ‘The Current State of Cambodia’s STEM Education: A Case Study of the Preah Sisowath New Generation School’.

However, in the capital city of Phnom Penh, there are a growing number of initiatives by individuals, educators and tech savvies to boost the STEM movement. These key driving forces push boundaries and make the modern curriculum more widely accessible. As Cambodia is still in its early stage in STEM education, cultivating interest, enhancing literacy, promoting, and improving human resources involves diverse groups.