Students get digital training at a school in Phnom Penh on July 4. - MoEYS
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): In an era where technology intersects every field, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) is spearheading a digital educational campaign for high school students. This groundbreaking initiative will impact all state schools in Phnom Penh from July 13-20.
Announced via a press release on July 4, the ministry outlined the campaign’s aim to enhance the study and research skills of students, thus preparing them for the digital age.
The Centre for Digital and Distance Education will be at the helm of this campaign, operating in collaboration with the National Institute of Education (NIE), the Phnom Penh Teacher Education College, and MoEYS.
“Through this campaign, students in grades 10 through 12 from the NIE and the Phnom Penh Teacher Education College will be provided with training in six subjects in class,” the release stated.
The curriculum, covering a diverse range of themes, begins with ‘learning how to learn’, where students will explore study techniques tailored to individual subjects and their personal learning styles.
The second module, ‘enriching learning’, will arm students with strategies to utilise study resources effectively, facilitating self-study and group work for problem-solving and homework completion.
The third area, ‘accelerated learning’, caters to students who may struggle with understanding lessons or have irregular school attendance, providing them with study resources to delve into each lesson in detail.
The fourth segment introduces ‘study clubs or internet clubs’, encouraging high-performing students to support peers who may need extra assistance or have a keen interest in learning, through project-based collaborative study.
The penultimate subject, ‘high school exam preparation’, will equip students with key explanations and guidance.
The final module, showcasing ‘Duraseksa’, an e-learning platform developed by MoEYS, will deliver comprehensive, diverse, and rich study resources to students.
Hem Sinareth, the director of the Phnom Penh municipal education department, has high hopes for this campaign. He expects the programme to be implemented in 38 high schools in Phnom Penh, reaching over 400,000 students studying at the high school level.
With 367 trainee students dispatched to nearly 1,000 classrooms, Sinareth said: “We have now allowed the schools to cooperate to apply it.
On July 11, we invite them to come, and we have teachers and trainee teachers from the NIE and educational officials going to high schools in Phnom Penh from July 13”.
