PATHWAYS TO
BUILDING BACK BETTERIN EDUCATION“Voices from the Field”

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The Project for Curriculum Reform at Primary
Level of Basic Education (CREATE)
Project Period: 2014/5〜2021/3 (JICA Technical Cooperation)• Supports curriculum reform of all 10 subjects in all 5 primary education grades
through;(1) Development of textbooks and teacher’s guides(2) Development of classroom-level assessment guidelines(3) Nationwide teacher training to introduce new textbooks• Supports pre-service teacher education reform by providing teaching-learningmaterials based on the new primary curriculum• Consortium with Japanese textbook company （KYOIKU-SHUPPAN. Co., Ltd.)
https://padeco.education/2020/10/12/myanmar-5/
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The Project for Establishing Foundations for Teacher
Education College (E-TEC Project)
Project Period: 2017/1〜2022/12 (JICA Technical Cooperation)• The main purpose of the project is to establish Teacher Education Colleges (TECs) in
Phnom Penh and Battambang and upgrade the current 2-year pre-service teacher
training (PRESET) (12+2) to a 4-year PRESET (12+4) after completion of upper
secondary education.
• The Project not only supports the development of 4-year PRESET curriculum as wellas course syllabi/materials for TECs and strengthen their capacity on bothmanagerial and academic aspects, but also provides suggestions for the Ministry ofEducation, Youth and Sport to upgrade teacher qualifications to a bachelor’s degree.
• This project has been implemented along with the construction of TEC buildingsthrough grant aid by JICA.
https://padeco.education/2020/09/07/cambodia/#current

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The Project for Improving Teaching and Learning
Mathematics for Primary Education (iTEAM)
Project Period: 2016/2〜2022/4 (JICA Technical Cooperation)• The main purpose of the project is to improve the quality of primary mathematics
lessons through;(1) Development of Grade 1 to 5 textbooks, teacher’s guides and teaching/learningmaterials(2) Revision of Pre-Service Teacher Education (PRESET) math curriculum and learningmaterials(3) Strengthen in-service teachers’ understanding about the ideas and methodologies
introduced by the new textbooks.
• Consortium with Japanese textbook company (TOKYO SHOSEKI CO., LTD.)https://padeco.education/2020/08/12/laos-3/
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Myanmar-Situation underschool closure --Current
situation
Promotion/
Graduation-Others

School Closed

From March to May was originally New Year/summer holiday.
Schools normally start from June 1st but reopening was postponed.
Nationwide teacher training to introduce the new curriculum of Grades 4, 7, and 10 was conducted inJune through online and face-to-face sessions.
Approximately half of high schools opened on 21st July. Middle schools and then primary schools were toopen based on the infection control situation at high schools.
All schools closed again on 27th August as cases of community-acquired infection drastically increased.

All public schools are still closed. Reopening depends on the decision by Central Committee on
Prevention, Control and Treatment on COVID-19.
No alternative learning arrangement is provided so far.
Ministry of Education (MoE) proposed a Home-Based Learning (HBL) plan in September and is preparing
to launch it shortly.
Year-end, end of education level, and Matriculation exams were conducted as usual before the previous
academic year ended in March.
Enrolment in next grades is pending except for high schools.
The Project supports development of HBL materials to review learning from previous grades (5 subjects),
reduced curriculum to respond to the shortened school year (10 subjects), HBL materials based on the
reduced curriculum (3 subjects), information materials on “Education under COVID-19” (video andprinted materials), and HBL instructional materials (guidance video and sample scripts of lesson videos).
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School Opened

Situation underschool closure- All public and private educational institutions were closed on March 16th.
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) developed an online platform for elearning contents and has offered information since March 16th.
- MoEYS has started to broadcast education programmes on TV 24 hours a day since April
21st. (They are also live-streaming on Facebook)

Current situation- 20 private schools which met the criteria set by MoEYS reopened in August.
- All schools (pre-primary to upper secondary/high school) reopened from Sep 7th toDecember under the condition that schools take infection prevention measures. However,while grade 9 and 12 students come to school as before, students in other grades in mostprovinces come to school only 2-3 days a week and study for a limited number of hours
combined with home assignments on the remaining days.
- Lecturers in TEIs develop the lesson contents and share those through SNS with theirstudents.

Promotion/Graduation- Graduation exam of lower and upper secondary schools (middle and high school) which
are usually conducted in August will be postponed until December.
- New school year will start in early January, which is 2-months behind the usual schedule.
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School Opened

Situation under - All schools were closed on March 19th.
school closure - Ministry of Education and Sport (MoES) broadcasted educational programmes on TV
everyday. Programmes are also uploaded to YouTube, Facebook and MoES’s website.

Current
Situation- G5, G9 and G12 (last year of primary, lower/middle and upper secondary/high school)
returned to school on May 18th and G1 - 4 on June 2nd (from June to August is usuallyschool holiday)- MoES suggests that schools take some infection prevention measures, such as staggered
attendance, checking temperatures, wearing a mask in classrooms and sanitization
through washing hands.

Promotion/Graduation- Graduation exam was conducted for G5, G9, and G12, and final exams were conducted forG1 - G4 in July.
- New school year began in September (academic calendar is on schedule).

Others- Some contents were skipped from the previous grade due to reduced school days.
- Introducing G3 new textbooks/teacher’s guide has been delayed due to MOES’s budget
constraints from COVID-19.
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