Education Ministry gets budget cut despite learning loss

Despite the poor academic performance of students, the Ministry of Education’s budget for this year has been  cut instead of getting additional funds to improve students’ achievement and prevent dropouts. According to the Budget Working Group which comprises 20 international and national NGOs, the Education Ministry was budgeted for $797 million for 2022, while in 2021, it received $810 million, a reduction of 1.6%.

Data provided to the Khmer Times by the Ministry of  Finance attested to this. Covid-19 has not only proven to be a public health crisis but also a disaster for education in Cambodia as the Education Ministry’s most recent study discovered that Cambodian students experienced “learning loss” in the two pandemic years.

With most of these children likely to be from marginalised social groups, government support is crucial in the recovery of their school education and to prevent drop-outs.

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