Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Cambodia

EDUCATIONAL STRUCTURE TVET PROVIDERS TVET POLICY

TECHNOLOGICAL TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL
 There are 55 public TVET Institutions/Schools/Centers, including 38 Macro Policies
YEAR OF
SCHOOLING
GENERAL STREAM STREAM STREAM Institutes/Centers the serving 24 provinces offering programs from 1. Poverty Reduction
basic skills training to advanced degrees are under directly managing 2. Decentralization
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of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT). 3. Supporting Industrial Growth with Skilled Workforces

DOCTORAL
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 49 NGOs/associations are delivering TVET training programmes.
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 227 private TVET providers are mostly running short courses training Development Policies to Support Macro Policies
UNIVERSITY

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in skills areas on a cost recovery basis. 4. Commune and Enterprise Based Training
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W  Various government ministries have staff training colleges. 5. Out of School Youth
DEGREE

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O Source: Statistic of MLVT, August 2012 6. Self Employment
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ISSUES AND CHALLENGES 8. Small Enterprise
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 The huge number of youth who need to make a smooth transition
BACHELOR

15 Enabling Policies to Sustain Demand

BACHELOR

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from schooling to the employment has posed a challenge to the
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O labour market, as well as to the TVET system in Cambodia. Driven TVET System
DIPLOMA

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13  There is a “skills gap” in the labour market, and employers find it 9. PPP: Financing TVET
BRIDGING difficult to find professional staff who have good analytical and 10.PPP: Enterprise Involvement in TVET
BRIDGING decision-making skills. 11.PPP: Expanding the Provision of TVET
12.Assuring Quality of TVET Provision
BRIDGING W  Cambodia needs staff members who can expose the country to
13.Quality of TVET Leadership, Management and
CERTIFIC
international trends in TVET development.
CERTIFICATE

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 There is a strong need for policy dialogue among the major sectors of 14.Labour Market Information
CERTIFIC

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R TVET, a review and identification of gaps in the TVET system, and a 15.Competency Standards
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revision of TVET qualifications framework.
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 Networking with other countries and establishing TVET
GENERAL SCHOOLS

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TRADE IV
documentation centres are needed to enhance the capacity of TVET Cambodia Qualifications Framework
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TRADE III
policy makers at the central level.
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TRADE II
Technical Vocational Higher
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TRADE I
TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS Level Education and
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3 3 Mobility Direction
 Flexible TVET system with multi entry and exit opportunities Training
2 2  Establishment of provincial training centres to improve access for 8 Doctoral Degree Doctor Degree
1 1 remote populations
7 Master Degree Master Degree
 Community-based, short-term mobile trainings for rural populations
 Long-term national plan and national policy to develop TVET in place 6 Bachelor Degree Bachelor Degree
 Most TVET institutes have industrial liaison unit
Sources: 5 (Higher ) Diploma Associate Degree
• Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training. (2012). Cambodia Qualifications  Skills demand analysis to improve the match between TVET and
Framework. labour market demands Technical and Vocational
• UNESCO (2010). UNESCO National Education Support Strategy (UNESS):
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Certificate 3
Cambodia 2010 - 2013, Phnom Penh  Decentralised management system including a National Training
• NIER (2007). From School to Work: Contemporary TVET Regional Experiences. Technical and Vocational
Board, Advisory Industry Technical Committee and Provincial Training 3
National Institute for Educational Policy Research (NIER) Final Report, Tokyo Certificate 2
Board
Technical and Vocational
 Decentralisation of implementation of training programmes to 2
Certificate 1
different providers, including private providers such as NGOs,
SEAMEO VOCTECH Regional Centre associations through National Training Fund and voucher skills 1 Vocational Certificate
Brunei Darussalam training programme
Updated August 2015 “Together
We Excel”