Consistent with the overall education reform objectives and targets established under the Ministry’s ESP 2006-2010³² and the ESSP 2004-2008, EBEP- II will support the MoEYS to formulate national policies and programmes and substantially expand the coverage of concerned interventions in six priority provinces with a view to achieving the following specific objectives by year 2010:

1. Enhance national and local capacities to manage, coordinate, and communicate education sector reforms for the achievement of tangible improvements in access and quality of basic education and with decreasing dependence on external technical assistance support.

2.Contribute to Universal Primary Education with quality in six provinces with the following key results

• at least 96 per cent of primary school age children are enrolled in primary schools
• at least 75 per cent of pupils complete primary education,
• at least 50 per cent reduction in the percentage of pupils who do not meet established learning standards

3. Contribute to expansion of early learning opportunities for young children with the following key results

• at least 100 per cent increase from baseline levels of percentage of 3-5 years old children attending organized early learning activities
• at least 95 per cent of six-year-olds enter Grade1 at the right age
• repetition and dropout rates in Grade1 are reduced by 50 per cent.

Table 1 below outlines the key results to be achieved by the EBEP- II by year 2010.

Table 1 : Planned Key Results to be Achieved under EBEP-II

No.	Planned Key Results	Indicators	Baseline	Targets	Geographical Area
At the national level and in six priority provinces implementing the Expanded Basic Education Programme ( Kampong Speu, Svay Rieng, Prey Veng, Kampong Thom, Stung Treng, and Otdar Meanchey), the following results will be achieved to contribute towards universal basic education in accordance with Cambodian Millennium Development Goal (CMDG) and Education Strategic Plan ( ESP 2004-2008).
1	Project 1 Enhanced national capacity to manage, coordinate and communicate to stakeholders the education sector-wide reform with gradual decrease in external technical assistance (TA)	Percentage of sector-wide policy actions identified in the ESP 2004-2008 implemented as planned	To be determined at the September 2005 ESSP review	At least 80% of planned policy actions for 2006, 2008 and 2010 implemen- ted.	National
		Total number of person-months of external TA	To be determined at the ESSP review in September 2005	At least 10% reduction per year of total person months of external TA. ( Still to be confirmed by MoEYS and ESWG)	National
2	Project 2 At least 50% reduction in the percentage of Grade 1 pupils repeating the grade with no disparity between boys and girls	Repetition rate in Grade 1	SY 2004-2005 KS-24.5% KT-20.0% OM-27.2% PV-27.5% ST-32.9% SV-28.2%	50% reduction by SY 2009-2010	70% of all primary schools in six priority provinces
> 3	Project 2 At least 50% reduction in percentage of Grade 1 pupils dropping out during the school year with no disparity between boys and girls	Drop out rate in Grade 1	SY 2004-2005 KS-14.0% KT-16.0% OM-11.4% PV-9.4% ST-14.0% SV-8.9%	50% reduction by SY 2009-2010	70% of all primary schools in six priority provinces
4	Project 2 At least 96% of children aged 6 -11 years enrolled in primary schools with no disparity between boys and girls	Net Enrollment Ratio (NER) at primary education level	SY 2004-05 KS-94.1% KT-89.9% OM-88.2% PV-93.5% ST-89.8% SV-92.1%	At least 96% by 2010-2011	Six priority provinces
5	Project 2 At least 75% of Grade 1 children complete six years of primary schooling, with no disparity between boys and girls	Percentage of Grade 1 children in primary school who are expected to complete Grade 6	SY 2004-2005 KS-46.6% KT-34.9% OM-30.1% PV-50.7% ST-35.0% SV-52.3%	At least 75 % by SY 2009-2010	Six priority provinces
6	Project 2 MoEYS has set-up the learning assessment system by SY 2006-2007. Use of standardized sample-based testing to assess pupils’ learning achievement against established learning standards in Grades 3 and 6 in Mathematics and Khmer Language.	Presence /Absence of the learning assessment system	Absent	Standard-ized testing in place and applied to Grades 3 and 6 by SY 2006-2007, using the new curriculum	National
7	Project 2 Compared with baseline at least 50 per cent decrease in the percentage of Grades 3 and 6 pupils who do not meet learning standards in Khmer language and Mathematics with no disparity between boys and girls	Percentage of pupils unable to meet established learning standards in Khmer and Mathematics based on standardized sample-based testing	To be established by SY 2006-2007 once first testing is conducted	Decrease by at least 50 per cent from baseline levels by SY 2009-2010	70% of all primary schools in six priority provinces
8	Project 3 At least 100% increase from baseline levels in the percentage of children aged 3-5 years attending early child development (ECD) programme organized at home, community or school with no disparity between boys and girls	Percentage of children attending home, school and community- based ECD programmes	SY 2003-2004 KS-9.8% KT-11.7% OM-27.0% PV-7.8% ST-16.3% SV-13.3%	At least 100 per cent increase compared with baseline levels by SY 2009-2010	75% of communes in six priority provinces
9	Project 3 At least 95% of children aged six years enrolled in Grade 1 with no disparity between boys and girls	Net intake rate in Grade 1 or percentage of children entering Grade 1 at the age of six	SY 2004-2005 KS-86.7% KT-82.8% OM-84.6% PV-86.8% ST-83.4% SV-86.0%	At least 95 % by SY 2009-2010	75% of communes in six priority provinces
10	Project 3 Successful implementation of six innovative approaches to expand primary school access of disadvantaged children and youth	Presence/ Absence of policy to adopt the six innovative approaches outside of six priority provinces	Absent	national policies in place by 2010	National

³² The current ESP/ESSP 2004-2008 are being updated into the ESP/ESSP 2006-2010 and would be aligned with the Government’s National Strategic Development Plan 2006-2010. Initial draft of ESP 2006-2010 is available, while the ESSP draft is expected in September 2005.