Planning the future of secondary education in Cambodia

By 2030, Cambodia hopes to become an upper-middle-income country, and by 2050, a developed nation. Neth explains that as part of this plan, there is a focus on secondary education.

“We need to improve completion rates and education quality, strengthen learning outcomes, reduce dropout rates, and ensure that secondary education provides young people with the skills needed for further study and employment,” Neth says. 

Why students leave secondary school is complex, and it often begins much earlier than secondary education itself. “We need to strengthen basic education,” he says, stressing that if students have strong foundations in subjects like mathematics and language, they will perform better when they continue to upper secondary education. “This can also reduce dropout rates and increase enrollment as planned.”

Addressing these challenges calls for strong monitoring and planning systems that track progress, identify bottlenecks, and adapt policies and plans based on evidence. This is the primary focus of the IIEP training programme, which has brought together 38 ministry officials, including Neth, over the past six months.

For Neth, M&E is not an abstract concept. It is an integral part of the planning cycle. 

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