សូម​គោរព ឯកឧត្ដម​រដ្ឋ​លេខាធិការ លោក​ជំទាវ​អនុ រដ្ឋ​លេខាធិការ ឯកឧត្ដម​អគ្គលេខាធិការ​អាជ្ញាធរ​ជាតិ​ប្រយុទ្ធ​នឹង​ជំងឺ​អេដស៍ ឯកឧត្ដម​អគ្គលេខាធិការ​រង​អាជ្ញាធរ​ជាតិ​ប្រយុទ្ធ​ប្រឆាំង​គ្រឿងញៀន ឯកឧត្ដម​អគ្គនាយក លោក លោកស្រី តំណាង​គ្រប់​អង្គភាព​នៃ​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ យុវជន និងកីឡា

លោក​ លោកស្រី តំណាង​ស្ថាប័ន​ពាក់ព័ន្ធអង្គការ​ជាតិអន្តរ​ជាតិនិង​អង្គការ​មិន​មែន​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ជា​បឋម​ ក្នុង​នាម​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ យុវជន និង​កីឡានិង​ក្នុង​នាម​ខ្លួន​ខ្ញុំ​ផ្ទាល់ ​ខ្ញុំ​មាន​សេចក្ដី​សោមនស្ស​ រីករាយ​ដោយ​បាន​ចូលរួម​ក្នុង​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​អន្តរ​​នាយកដ្ឋាន​ប្រយុទ្ធ​​នឹង​​ជំងឺ​​​​អេដស៍ និង​គ្រឿងញៀន​និង​សូម​ថ្លែង​អំណរ​គុណ​ចំពោះ​ការ​ចូលរួម​​ពី​សំណាក់​ឯកឧត្តម ​លោក​ជំទាវ លោក លោកស្រី ដែល​ជា​សមាជិក​ សមាជិកា ICHAD លោក លោកស្រី​​ទាំងអស់​​មក​​ពី​ស្ថាប័ន​​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ អង្គការ​ជាតិអន្តរ​ជាតិនិង​អង្គការ​មិនមែន​រដ្ឋាភិបាលក្នុង​ការ​ចូលរួម​កិច្ច​​ប្រជុំ​​ប្រចាំ​​ឆ្នាំ​​នា​​ថ្ងៃ​នេះ។

It is a great pleasure for me to join you in the 2012 World Teachers Day celebration in Cambodia, at NIE, organized by the Khmer Teacher Associations in the presence of His Excellency Minister IM Sethy, who is also representing Samdech Prime Minister.

This is indeed a remarkable event bringing together the teachers, education officials, leaders and friends from the development community, which demonstrates our collective commitments to teachers.

Since 1994, World Teachers’ Day is celebrated in over one hundred countries worldwide annually on 5^thOctober. Today we thank the Teachers for their enormous contribution to the learning and social development and express our support to their quest for decent employment conditions and quality of life.

Remarks at Education Congress

20 March 2012

Anne Lemaistre
UNESCO Representative in Cambodia
Chair of Education Sector Working Group (ESWG)

Excellency Im Sethy, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport,

Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, ESWG Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my great pleasure to participate in this landmark event of the year and share some thoughts on behalf of the Education Sector Working Group (ESWG). The Congress provides us the opportunity to jointly assess the progress in the education sector, celebrate the successes, and identify the strategies and actions during the year ahead to address remaining challenges.

The ESWG would like to express our sincere appreciation for the strong commitment and dedication of the Ministry leadership and Education Congress Secretariat in organizing this Congress. The ESWG is also pleased to note the partnership and cooperation with technical departments of the Ministry in preparing the concept papers which will guide our discussions during the congress.

National Institute of Education, Phnom Penh, 26 January 2012

- Excellency Im Sethy, Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
- Excellencies, Distinguished Participants
- Colleagues
- Ladies and gentlemen

Good morning. I am very honored to join you here today on behalf of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to see the fruit of our efforts to enhance the quality of teaching and learning at upper secondary schools in Cambodia.

Through providing science lab equipment for our teachers and students, we want to give young people the opportunity to experiment. Students today will be able to learn by doing, in a hands-on approach that reinforces what they learn through lessons and reading. I trust that the science lab equipment that you see today will be fully utilized and properly made available for educational purposes.

ADB is committed to supporting the Education Strategic Plan’s key policy areas of equitable access, quality improvement and capacity development in basic education and general upper secondary education.

I would like to congratulate the leadership of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the management team of the Enhancing Education Quality Project (EEQP) for their strong commitment to promoting quality secondary education through:

• upgrading teaching and learning facilities,
• improving pre-service and in-service teacher training opportunities,
• placing more qualified teachers at rural schools and especially women teachers in secondary schools,
• ensuring that more students receive core textbooks, making more lower secondary schools child-friendly, and
• building more libraries at secondary schools and higher education institutions.