The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS; km, ក្រសួងអប់រំ យុវជន និងកីឡា, ) is the
government ministry responsible for promoting and regulating
education
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, youth and
sport
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development, in
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...
.
, the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports is Dr.
Hang Chuon Naron.
[MoEYS, Organization chart](_blank)
/ref> The ministry's main offices are in Phnom Penh.
History
The ministry was established on 24 January 1996, although others date it to 1992 or 1993.
In 1999, the Ministry conducted an extensive literacy
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survey throughout Cambodia. Unlike the 1997 literacy survey done by the Ministry of Planning, which only consisted of yes–no questions according to UNESCO
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, the 1999 survey included a reading and writing test, and its results revealed that only 37.1% of the adult Cambodian population were functionally literate.
Directorates
The Ministry has six directorates:
Ministers (since 1979)
See also
*Education in Cambodia
Education in Cambodia is controlled by the state through the Ministry of Education in a national level and by the Department of Education at the provincial level. The Cambodian education system includes pre-school, primary, secondary education, ...
*Government of Cambodia
The politics of Cambodia are defined within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, in which the king serves as the head of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. The collapse of communism set in motion events that led to th ...
* List of universities in Cambodia
References
External links
Ministry of Education, Youth and SportMinistry of Education, Youth and Sport
1993 establishments in Cambodia
Education in Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...
Government ministries of Cambodia
Ministries established in 1993
Sport in Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan ...
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