Education and Sports of Battambang,

Education and Sports

Education

In the 2005-2006 school year, the provincial education, youth and sports department endeavored to boost the management and the capacity of the educational personnel with the goal of enhancing the quality of education, improving the living standard of teachers, reducing the rates of class repetition and dropouts as well as the expenses of parents, and ensuring that a maximum number of school-aged children have equitable access to education.

Today, the province of Battambang has:

* Kindergarten: 108 establishments with 191 rooms, up by two classes, with an enrolment of 5,396 children (including 2,681 girls or 51.79%), an increase of 154 children. 17.38% of 5 year-old children are not enrolled. This is due to the lack of teachers and school buildings, and to the fact that, on the one hand, the schools are far from their homes, and, on the other hand, the parents who are poor have to work far away from their homes and bring their offspring with them. There are four kinds of kindergartens: 108 State-run schools with 191 rooms attended by 5,396 children, including 2,681 girls and 225 staff members. 8 belong to the community, consist of 15 rooms, and are attended by 423 children, including 223 girls, and are run by 32 staff, including 29 women.
* Primary school: 514 schools, an increase of 4. They include:
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o One shift school: 44 (up by 8)
o Two shift schools: 436 (down by 9)
o Three shift schools: 34 (up by 5)
o Schools with the 1st to 6th degrees: 397- 77.23% (up by 53, or 15.40%)
o Schools with the 1st to 5th degrees: 60- 11.70%, (down by 5, or 7.69%)
o Schools with the 1st to 4th degrees: 31- 6.03%, (down by 35, or 53.03%)
o Schools with the 1st to 3rd degrees: 19- 3.69%, (down by 4, or 17.39%)
o Schools with the 1st to 2nd degrees: 7- 1.36%, (down by 6, or 46.15%)
o Schools with only the 1st degree: nil, as in the previous year.
* Statistics of school clusters: 125 clusters, up by 4, including 93 regular school clusters
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o 9 urban school clusters
o 10 rural school clusters
o 13 irregular school clusters
* Number of classrooms:
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o A total of 3,757 rooms, an increase of 221 rooms
o A total of 5,250 normal classes, up by 145 classes
o A total of 65 double classes, up by 23 classes
* Statistics of children
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o The number of children who reach school age is 166,740, including 81,319 girls. 142,545 of the children attend primary schools, including 63,347 girls, or 85.49%, down by 2.35%
o Overall rate of schooling is 126.73%, down by 11.10%
o Estimated rate of schooling is 85.49%, down by 2.35%
o Overall rate of new enrolment is 148.48%, up by 47.74%
o Estimated rate of new enrolment is 76.95%, up by 70.80%

The provincial department of education and sports works to get disabled children, children from poor families, and the children of ethnic minorities to attend basic education classes.

* Disabled students: 6,679, including 2,702 girls
* A number of agencies have sponsored special education projects in 8 districts: Thmar Kol, Kamreang, Rattanak Mondul, Banan, Samlot, Battambang, Maung Russey, and Bovel.
* Agency HI has supported the district of Samlot with one school cluster consisting of 5 schools attended by 106 at risk students, including 54 girls, and the district of Thmar Kol with one cluster consisting of 7 schools attended by 381 at risk students, including 174 girls. It has also provided trainings for instructors on teaching at risk children in the 11-school cluster.
* UNICEF and OEB have supported the district of Kamrang with one cluster consisting of 5 schools attended by 37 at risk students, including 18 girls.
* World Vision has helped the district of Banan with one cluster consisting of 1 school attended by 83 at risk students, including 34 girls, and the district of Rattanak Mondul with one cluster consisting of one school attended by 64 at risk students, including 35 girls. They also conducted training on teaching at risk students to all teachers.
* Krous Sar Thmei (New Family) has worked with the districts of Battambang, Maung Russsey, and Bovel to conduct 3 schools, and sponsored two teachers to study sign language at the school run by the agency in Phnom Penh.
* 195 children of ethnic minorities, including 77 girls
* In Kamreang district: 2 Kui men and 8 Jarai men
* In Sampov Loun district : 2 Phnong men, 10 Tumpuon men, and 4 Kravet men
* In Samlot : 3 Kui, including 2 women, 6 Tumpoun, including one woman, 4 Kravet men, 4 Jarai men, and 149 Por, including 66 women.

In all, there are 195 ethnic people, including 77 women.

* Basic secondary education schools:

The province of Battambang has:

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52 lower secondary education schools and 16 secondary classes housed in the training school and primary-school cluster. The total number of students is 28,586, including 13,624 girls, up by 894,
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17 upper secondary education schools, up by 2 schools. The total number of students is 26,780, including 12,290 girls, up by 4,905 from last year,
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A total of 853 classrooms, down by 14. The reason: some schools have been dismantled for rebuilding

Overall, the total classrooms number 1,097, up by 168 over last year. By estimation, each classroom accommodates an average of 51 students. But the figure rises to 70 for the secondary education schools in the district of Battambang and the district towns.

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The rate of dropouts has declined in comparison to last year: 3,187, including 1,417 girls, up by 11.43%
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The total number of personnel working at those establishments is 2,210, including 833 women. Of them, 1,269 work at the lower secondary education schools, down by 72, while 941 work at the upper secondary education schools, up by 118.
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There are 2,078 fellowship students, including 1,840 girls. The fellowship students include:
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+ PAP fellowships: 1,667, including 899 girls
+ Japanese scholarships: 739, including 739 girls
o Fellowships provided by the Cambodian education assistance project for the 2006-2007 school year will increase. And if the rebuilding of the schools is not completed by then, two shift classes will also increase.
* Non-formal education office:
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o 128 rooms with 3,859 students
* Complementary education: 214 attendants, including 58 girls. The students who completed their study with degrees are as follows:
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o Lower secondary: 37, including 17 girls
o Upper secondary: 38, including 10 girls
* Higher education: 9 establishments with 93 rooms and 29,925 students.
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o Private establishments or centers: 38 with 106,305 students
o Foreign language schools: 30 with 505 students
o Computer schools: 7 with 26 classes
* Members of the youth council
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o Number of youth committees at high schools: 11
o Number of committee branches: 209
o Number of committee cells: 1,239
o Total members: 5,065 including 2,484 women
* Number of children on the committees at primary and high schools: 59,967, including 26,274 women
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o Young Red Cross members: 350
o Scouts: 498, including 195 women. The number, however, has decreased because some students just finish high schools and no new recruitment is made.

Sports

* Petan and shuttlecock matches for the provincial governor trophy were organized, while a team of public volleyball joined the Prime Minister trop