The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS; , ) is the
government ministry
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level Executive (government), executive bodies in the Machinery of government, machinery of governments that manage a specific se ...
responsible for promoting and regulating
education
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, youth and
sport
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development in
Cambodia
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.
, the Minister of Education, Youth and Sport is Dr.
Hang Chuon Naron.
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/ref> The ministry's main offices are in Phnom Penh
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.
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
Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...
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
*Government of Cambodia
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* 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, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
Education, Youth and Sport
Ministries established in 1993
Sport in Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
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