Current Issues
No.47
May 2006
 
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Seminar on Technical Training of the Physical Education Curriculum for Committee and Working Group
Som Oun
 

Phnom Penh: The conference on technical training of physical education and sport teachers was held from 20th to 22nd March at Sunway Hotel. The event was chaired by H.E Bun Sok, Secretary of State of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and attended by officers from JICA, Hearts of Gold and 30 teacher trainees. Mr. Prum Bunyi, Director of the Department of Physical Education for Students and Sport (DPESS) said that the seminar was aimed at making a physical education textbook and curriculum for primary school. The objective of the seminar was to train existing physical education and sport teachers within the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and related departments, to make a P.E. textbook to be distributed to primary school around the country in order for technical standards to be correctly implemented. He added that the Department of Physical Education for Student and Sport was also going to add sport into the curriculum in various schools in Cambodia.
H.E Bun Sok mentioned that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport was trying to negotiate with international organisations and donor countries to assist in the promotion of the physical education sector. He noted that the DPESS has had a duty to implement physical education at schools with all teacher trainees knowing that physical education is worthy in spirit and that sport is part of the activities that assist in developing the country.
He added that in 1985, MoEYS included physical education and sport into the study and Ministry curriculum but this was unsuccessful at that time. In 1994, MoEYS then established a coalition committee to discuss and prepare the physical education textbook but there was no budget available to publish the book. H.E. Bun Sok not only expressed his thanks to JICA, which now supports the project, but also Hearts of Gold which is implementing the project. MoEYS and JICA have now signed a 2 year agreement which will realize the book with cooperation between DPESS and Hearts of Gold.
He stated that the project has already started and that he hoped the 3 days conference of all of trainees would be beneficial as participants would be able to study with Japanese experts.


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