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Country Backgrounds
Cambodia,
Mongolia
Cambodia
Cambodia has a
population of just over 12 million [2002] with around 3.3 million
students. The net enrolment rate for children aged 6-12 is 92% and for
13-17 year olds it is 13%. There are 6500 schools with approximately
90,000 teachers, 38% of them female. The issues that the education
sector faces include restoring infrastructure, achieving equity across
its various provinces and dealing with natural disasters such as
floods. Cambodia has invested heavily in education and has a strategic
plan in place running to 2005. It has an “education for all’ vision and
receives extensive foreign aid to assist it achieve that goal. Further
background can be obtained from these references.
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Mongolia
Mongolia has a
population around 2.5 million and approximately 650,000 students. In
its 8-17 year old group, the net enrolment rate is about 89% with
kindergarten much lower at 36%. It has around 700 schools and just over
20,000 teachers, of which around 80% are female.
It faces a number
of constraints, the scattered population, poverty, cold weather that
pushes up education costs for heating and the provision of dormitories.
It is grappling with many issues including sustaining quality,
effectively deploying staff, addressing gender school population and
teacher imbalances. It does have a 2000-2005 Education Strategy and is
currently implementing government legislation that sets up performance
and resourcing agreements between levels of government.
These background
references can provide deeper insights.
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