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A central feature of Cambodia’s current education plan is the implementation of New Generation Schools, which aim to provide the Kingdom’s abler students with a thoroughly modern schooling. Post Education reports on the impact one NGS has made in the nation’s capital.

Throughout the eastern wing of Sisowath High School are corridors of new computer labs, science labs, modern wood-paneled classrooms, a multimedia library, and newly renovated administration offices carved above the old meeting rooms like suspended glass cubicles.

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The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), in response to the growth of the economy and society, has developed an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Education strategy and is now integrating it into the national curriculum for students from Grade 4 to Grade 12.

In order to help students to have deeper understanding on ICT, InSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia, in partnership with MoEYS and KAPE (Kampuchean Action for Primary Education), plans to pilot Computer Programming to students from Grades 7-11 at New Generation School (NGS). Under the support from SPIDER, an independent public center with innovative programmes in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the Computer Programming had already been introduced to IT teachers and student at NGS.

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MINISTER of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron met with representatives of Microsoft on Wednesday at the National Sport Training Center in Phnom Penh to support the multinational firm’s assistance with the development and expansion of the New Generation Schools (NGS) programme.

The NGS initiative is a collaboration between the Ministry and the Kampuchean Action For Primary Education (KAPE) group, that seeks to raise the standard of classes for high-flying students, particularly in the field of science and technology.

Chuon Naron on Wednesday afternoon led a ceremony in which 48 computers were pledged by the Ministry to be donated to “Thun Thean Seksa” (TTS) high schools in 25 cities and provinces throughout the Kingdom.

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Preah Sisowath High School is the premiere public high school in Phnom Penh. It recently instituted a New Generation School (NGS). The NGS is now 3 years old.

It has already benefitted learning outcomes for Cambodian students. We spoke to Vice Principal Sam Kamsann via email to learn more about the NGS, and about how students at New Generation School manage the transition to secondary education.

By using better accreditation systems to ensure effective learning with a high level of good governance, transparency, accountability and participation, all students are given greater chances of academic success.

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