School Health Development Project for All Cambodian ChildrenNewsletterVol. 4

Issued date: November 1 , 2021

Greeting from School health Department of MoEYS
The Government of Cambodia, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry ofEducation Youth and Sports (MoEYS) are making joint efforts to encourage theparticipation in the vaccinations for learners and teachers with the hope ofreopening the schools and Cambodia economy in the near future.
Health education is part of the reformation of learning program andenvironmental program, which is the second reformation of MoEYS among fiveand the second prioritized reformation strategy of TEC. There is collaboration
between Japan and Cambodia, mainly Tokyo Gakugei University and Teacher
Education College (TEC) in Phnom Penh and Battambang province to (1) train
School Health lecturers then from lecturers to the teacher candidates by adding
credits in the TEC next school year curriculum, (2) develop health education
syllabus and textbooks for School Health lecturers and students at TEC, and (3)establish the department for health education at both Phnom Penh andBattambang TEC in the future. Adjusting to the new normal, there is anencouragement from the government of Cambodia, especially the MoEYS, toestablish school health committees and health room aiming to all education
institutions and schools both private and public all over the country.

Dr. YUNG Kunthearith
Vice Director, SchoolHealth Department

Once the COVID-19 situation is better, I hope we can carry officially face to face meeting to wrap up thetraining for both TECs and to discuss further the possibility of adding the health subject in the National
Institute of Education as well. (Remarks at the 5th training on September 16, 2021)

School Health 5th Training Report

MASUKO Yuuka, THAY Sokheng

School Health 5th Training was held on 16th and 17th September 2021. Participants from Cambodia
are 16 lecturers and management team from Teacher Education College (TEC) in Phnom Penh andBattambang. The training was conducted through online. The topics are “Prevention of lifestylediseases” and “Prevention of Communicable disease”. The training was facilitated by Japanese
professors, and Master Trainers who are TEC lecturers to lead School Health lecturers. Japanese
professors made lesson plans and documents and Master Trainers did lectures in Khmer after trainedby Japanese professors. Everybody had active discussions and had good times to learn new knowledge
about school health for Cambodian lecturers. In the group work, all participants created a poster toprevent food poisoning, which was a very exciting because making poster was the first activity forthem. This is the first trial to lecture by Master Trainer with Khmer language, we think this style is fit
for our training.

Project’s Latest Update
Progress in Developing School Health Textbooks
The English version of the primary school textbook (introduction and16 chapters) for School Health classes at TEC is now ready, and theKhmer translation and original illustrations are in progress.
For the lower secondary course, about half of the proposed structure
and content of the 37 subjects (30 subjects and 7 curriculum studies)is ready, and the other half will be completed in October 2021.

Master Trainer in the project

Dr. ASAKURA Takashi
Project Manager, Professor,Tokyo Gakugei University

The project trains school health lecturers in TEC in Phnom Penh and Battambang. Five Master Trainers
have been selected from among the trained School Health lecturers to work with the Japanese
professors to deliver school health lectures. Master Trainers are Ms. CHHOM Kunthy, Mr. SENG Sihakand Ms. HOUR Khim (PTEC), Ms. PHENG Saray and Ms. HENG Tola (BTEC).
The expected role of the Master Trainer is to study the contents of the training with Japanese project
members in advance and to be prepared for the training. In order to do this, they need to not only
understand the contents, but also research the topics to explain it clearly and accurately to the trainees.
The next step is to be accredited by the School Health Department of the Ministry of Education, Youthand Sport Cambodia as a National Trainer and to take on the role of providing School Health training toteachers in Teacher Training colleges.
Eventually, we hope that they will become lecturers in charge of the School Health Department at TEC,and play a role in building a university-like research and teaching environment.

Master Trainers
Mr. SENG Sihak (Pedagogy lecturer at PTEC)
I am quite certain and confident that I will be able to learn a lot aboutschool health problem and its significance for education system as well as
developing the country. As we know, school health education is very
important for students’ learning because they cannot study well if they are
not healthy. So, I really want to learn more skills in the school healtheducation system in Japan in order to be able to teach school healthcourses, which will be established in Phnom Education college (PTEC).

Ms. HOUR Khim (Biology lecturer at PTEC)
I am so happy that I was selected as the Master trainer of the school healtheducation. As a Master trainer, I have a chance to get training from Japanese
professors on both the school health education concepts and new teaching
methods. I will be able to gain more knowledge and experience in the field,and I will distribute what I have learned to student teachers at TECs. Theschool health education is important for enhancing children's health. If they
have good health, they will have good chance to learn. “Good health is GoodResource”.

Ms. CHHOM Kunthy (Pedagogy lecturer at PTEC)
I am a lucky to be selected as a Master trainer the school health education.
I think that this project is the enhancement of school health and thesupport to the development of Cambodia in the health area. To improvechildren's health, schools in Cambodia need to strengthen the active
participations in improving school health education curriculum, trainingteachers on children's health education skills, and encouraging teachers tolove teaching.

Ms. HENG Tola (Earth & Environmental Sciences lecturer at BTEC)
There are three reasons why I want to work as a master trainer: 1) to support
trainees and students in their learning process and outcomes, 2) to be
responsible for capacity development activities for both myself and trainees,3) to conduct research related to health education in order to improve thelivelihood, especially in education sector.

Ms. PHENG Saray (Biochemistry & Chemistry lecturer at BTEC)
I am willing to work as a health educator or health teachers in order topromote wellness and teach people the importance of making healthychoices. I may include some duties such as managing the classroom,
creating lesson plans, distributing health education materials, andcounseling students. I plan to work more on Nutrition research in thefuture.

Cambodia Office
MASUKO Yuuka -Project coordinatorI came to Cambodia in 2017 and this is my newcareer to work for School Health area. Studying
development studies in Cambodia reminded meof the importance of School Health for thiscountry. I am proud to be working as a local staff
on this project. (On the left of the photo)

THAY Sokheng -Assistant Project Coordinator-

LY Kalyan

School health has become a necessary componentof my daily routine. That's when I realized that
School Health will be necessary not only foreducational purpose, but also involved ineveryone’s daily lives. I'm hoping that this projectwill assist me to gain a better understanding of
School Health. (On the right)

I am currently a Master's Student in Public
Health at Nagasaki University, Japan. I amexcited to support the project. I believe healthand education is important in developing
oneself as well as the country. Through school
health, let's take the step for the better
Cambodia. (In the middle)

New staff

New logo of the project
Our project’s new logo has come! SHCC means School Health Project for
all Cambodian Children. The aim of this project is to play a role in thehealth of Cambodia through school education, rather than from a
medical perspective.
The logo of the project is based on the image of a book, a symbol oflearning, also, represents a tree, based on the eco-health concept thathuman health is closely related to the natural environment. We hopethat, just as the tree of school health grows, school health will spreadand be established in Cambodia.
This logo was designed by Social Compass.

Project’s student supporter
Recent activity
Student supporters attended school health 5th training. They were feeling excited and a little nervous
because it was the first time for them to join a training and meet TEC teachers. They created a poster
about food poisoning in advance and presented their poster in the training. It was a precious
experience that they learned a lot of things from TEC teachers through attending this training.

Student Supporter’s New Members
KAJIWARA Ai
1st year student
In this project, it is invaluable thing for me to exchange ideas withJapanese and Cambodian members. Through these opportunities, I canthink about health problems from various perspectives. I want to be
actively involved with this project.

SATO Hiyori
1st year student
I join this project because I am interested in the current situation inCambodia and overseas school health. I want to study Khmer language
because I want to communicate in Khmer when I visit Cambodia.