The World Bank (WB) is interested in continuing to strengthen and expand its cooperation with Cambodia to promote the education development, as well as the implementation of core activities of WB’s financing.

The interest was confirmed by Ms. Mariam J. Sherman, outgoing Country Manager of the WB for Cambodia, and her successor, Ms. Tania Meyer, during their meeting in Phnom Penh on July 30 with H.E. Hang Chuon Naron, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth and Sports.

In addition, the WB side was keen to learn more about the basic education project in order to provide its support to this project effectively.

For his part, Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Hang Chuon Naron expressed his deep gratitude to the WB for its commitment to continue cooperation with the Royal Government of Cambodia in almost all fields, especially in education, which has actively contributed to the development of Cambodian human resources.

He stressed that the basic education project was developed with the aim of modernis
ing the teacher training centre, including strengthening teachers’ qualifications as well as modernising relevant training programmes, tools and equipment; improving students’ learning performance by improving the quality of study time, students’ health and well-being, and a good learning environment; and improving sectorial governance by enhancing financial management, strengthening the quality of human resource management information systems, and supporting the implementation of action plans to improve teacher policies.

The core activities of WB’s financing in Cambodia include the implementation of model school standards, teacher training reform, governance in the education sector, and higher education sub-sector reform.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse