Cambodia

4. Private Education
Although private schools have been expanded progressively in recent years in Cambodia, the majority of them
only offer education at the primary level, and private provision of education at the secondary level is still very
limited.
In order to maintain equivalency with public schools in terms of issuance of certificates, MOEYS regulations
require private schools to conform to certain requirements, including nationally standardized curriculums,
teacher recruitment, assessment and examination. However, the use of nationally developed textbooks
can vary from school to school, and teachers are paid independently from the salary scale set forth by the
government. Although the Education Law (in draft as of June 2007) stipulates that it is the State’s duty to
support the involvement of both public and private institutions in the provision of education, private schools
do not receive any governmental subsidies or in-kind contributions at present.
Table 17. Percent of Private Enrolment, 2003-2005
2003 2004 2005
General TVE General TVE General TVE
Lower secondary 0.36 - 0.41 - 0.31 -
Upper secondary 0.22 - 0.28 - 0.43 ...
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
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