Policy Areas and
Medium Term Objectives |
Policy Actions
by Mid- 2005 |
Policy Actions
by Mid-2006 |
Policy Actions
by Mid-2007 |
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1. Increased equitable access to education services
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1a) Increase equitable coverage at all levels of formal basic education |
MOEYS shall have prepared an action plan
for assuring universal basic education coverage, incorporating a plan for incomplete schools (schools that do not offer the full range of grades 1-6) and plan for cost-effective models for school building.
MOEYS shall have established provincial personnel management committees and shall have produced 2005/06 action plan on staff deployment arrangements to newly constructed or expanded schools. |
MOEYS shall have prepared a 2006/07 action plan on staff deployment arrangements to newly constructed or expanded schools and an annual report on year 2005. |
MOEYSshall have prepared a 2007/08 action plan on staff deployment arrangements to newly constructed or expanded schools and annual eport on year 2006. |
1b) Remove access barriers to basic education for all, especially the poorest, females, ethnic minorities and persons with disabilities |
MOEYS shall have issued a prakas abolishing all informal payments in primary and lower secondary education, incorporating effective sanctions. |
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MOEYSshall have issued an impact report on lower secondary scholarships for the poor program from the JFPR and other financing sources including proposed strategy adjustment. |
1c) Provide targeted assistance for poor students in grades 10-12 |
MOEYS shall have prepared an action plan for selective model upper schools development including sustainable financing mechanism and admission policy. |
MOEYS budget allocation for 2007 shall include adequate funds for scholarships for poor students in grades 10-12 satisfactory to ADB. |
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1d) Expand public-private partnership for higher/further education |
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MEF/MOEYS shall have issued a joint sub-decree establishing selected public universities as Public Administrative Institutions ( PAIs ). |
MOEYS shall have issued guidelines for operations of provincial higher education institutions, including potential public and private providers. |
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2. Improved quality and internal efficiency of education
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2a) Improve policy consistency of curriculum organization and increased learning hours for students |
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MOEYS shall have issued a prakas on revised instructional hours, including a 3 year action plan for increasing total in-school and out-of-school learning hours for students and a target date for phasing out Thursday teachers day. |
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2b) Improve internal efficiency in primary and secondary education |
MOEYS shall have issued a prakas for regulating promotion in grades 1-9 against ESP targets including action plan for remedial classes and student testing in selected primary grades. |
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MOEYS shall have issued a prakas and operational guidelines to ensure 95% transition rate from primary to lower secondary education by 2008, with a nationwide public awareness campaign. |
2c) Maintain sustainable supply of instructional materials |
MEF/MOEYS shall have issued an inter-ministerial sub-decree on the future institutional status of the Publishing and Distribution House and shall have agreed on
financing and governance and procurement
Procedures. |
MOEYS shall have issued an action plan for textbook simplification and to reduce size, content and coverage of textbooks in order to ensure full coverage during teaching year. |
MOEYS shall have produced a progress report on textbook availability and targets and textbook budget allocation and disbursement. |
2d) Increase equity and efficiency in provision for pre-service and in-service teacher development |
MOEYS shall have prepared an action plan for ensuring equitable intake of trainee teachers into TTCs and subsequent deployment into new secondary schools in under-served areas. |
MOEYS shall have issued a prakas on medium term roles of RTTCs and PTTCs for staff development and teacher re-training/development. |
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2e) Improve all aspects of sector performance monitoring systems |
MoEYS will finalize the standard of quality indicators and prepare action plan for implementation including training on mechanisms of all aspects of education quality and efficiency monitoring. |
MOEYS shall have issued a prakas and guidelines on sector performance monitoring through all aspects of education quality and efficiency and modalities for reporting to central headquarters. |
MOEYS shall have issued a public report on the level of quality and efficiency of sector performance through seminar and dissemination media to targeted groups in provinces and at central level. |
2f) Improve student
performance and standards
monitoring systems |
MOEYS shall have issued a prakas on the introduction of nationwide student testing in at least grades 3, 6 and 9, including use of grade 9 examinations for model school admission. |
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MOEYS shall have issued an action plan assuring that 65% of grade 12 students receiving higher education or TTC scholarships will be from outside Phnom Penh . |
2g) Improve legislative and regulatory framework for quality assurance of education services |
MOEYS shall have finalized a draft education law setting out legal authority and responsibilities of Minister, MOEYS and MOEYS institutions for quality assurance. |
The draft Education law shall have been submitted to the National Assembly and MOEYS shall have prepared an action plan for the preparation and issuance of the related regulations. |
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3. Capacity building for decentralization
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3a) Strengthen sectoral financial planning and budget allocation systems at central and provincial levels |
Annual education budget allocation for 2006 consistent with the revised ESSP 2004/08 program priorities, including minimum 40% share for non-salary expenditures. |
Annual education budget allocation for 2007 consistent with the revised ESSP 2004/08 program priorities, including minimum 40% share for non-salary expenditures.
MOEYS, donors and NGOs agree on a five-year action plan for ensuring improved harmonization and alignment of external assistance and its modalities with agreed ESP and ESSP priorities. |
Annual education budget allocation for 2008 consistent with the revised ESSP 2004/08 program priorities, including minimum 40% share for non-salary expenditures.
MEF/MOEYS shall have issued an inter-ministerial sub-decree which devolves responsibility to MOEYS to define provincial budget education allocations. |
3b) Strengthen the financial management, accounting and reporting systems at central, provincial, district and school levels |
MOEYS shall have prepared an action plan for the appointment and training of public accountants in all MOEYS departments, BMCs and PAIs , including phased expansion of ICT-based financial MIS and reporting. |
MEF/MOEYS shall have issued a joint sub-decree on the appointment of public accountants in all MOEYS departments, BMCs and PAIs , and the code of conduct for the appointed accountants. |
MOEYS shall have issued a consolidated and fully comprehensive annual financial report for FY2006 in suitable format for the Borrower's internal audit. |
3c) Strengthen central performance and financial internal audit systems |
MOEYS shall have prepared a 3 year action
plan for expanding internal audit systems, including dedicated staff and resources, with
target of 100% of BMCs audited by 2008. |
MOEYS shall have prepared annual audit reports on BMCs and schools including agreed priority programs consistent with ESP targets. |
MOEYS shall have prepared annual audit reports on BMCs and schools, including agreed priority programs consistent with ESP targets. |
3d) Improve human resource planning and development processes at all levels in the sector |
MOEYS shall have issued a prakas and
operational guidelines detailing responsibilities of NIE for MOEYS staff development. |
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MOEYS shall have issued an action plan on the adoption of staff development strategies and staff qualifications into pay reform strategies of MOEYS. |
3e) Improve performance management and deployment systems for education service personnel |
MOEYS/CAR/MEF joint technical committee shall have prepared a 5 year MOEYS education staff remuneration plan and targets, incorporating performance appraisal and rewards systems. |
MOEYS/CAR shall have reached an agreement for a 3 year Staff Deployment and Rationalization Action Plan (SDRAP) to ensure no district has pupil/staff ratio (PSR) of less than 50 and non-teaching staff share below 15% by 2008. |
MOEYS shall have prepared a progress report on SDRAP and pay reforms. |
3f) Strengthen joint MOEYS, donor, NGO and other stakeholders sector performance monitoring systems and EFA education quality group. |
MoEYS will train staff responsible for conducting education standards, quality and efficiency monitoring and implement the standards successfully and efficiently. |
MoEYS education quality teams will monitor sector performance in all aspects and prepare report on the result of education quality and efficiency monitoring. |
MOEYS shall present a sector performance report at the end of each year from 2005-08. |
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4. Assure increased resource mobilization to education sector
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4a) Establish national policy and institutional framework for the education sector |
MOEYS/MEF shall have agreed on a 3 year medium term expenditure plan (MTEP) within MTEF, including additional annual recurrent and development expenditure growth, disaggregated by Government and external assistance sources. |
MOEYS shall have issued a 3 year Results -Oriented Expenditure Plan (ROEP) 2007/09 and program budget allocations, including anticipated sector performance outcomes. |
MOEYS shall have prepared a progress report on ROEP outcomes and disbursement, including proposed strategy and budget adjustments for ROEP 2008/10. |
4b) Increase education sector allocation |
Target shares for recurrent expenditure of education in the national budget shall have been finalized. |
Target shares for recurrent expenditure for the education sector in the national budget for FY2006 shall have been finalized and the shares shall not be less than the shares stipulated in FY2005.
The overall MOEYS recurrent budget disbursement rate for the previous year 2005 shall have reached at least 95% of the agreed target. |
Target shares for recurrent expenditure for education sector in the national budget for FY2007 shall have been finalized, and the shares shall not be less than the shares stipulated in FY 2006.
The overall MOEYS recurrent budget disbursement rate for the year 2006 shall have reached at least 97% of the agreed target. |
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