Khmer Education Videos

Byungho Lee

Fourth Sector Innovations

Fast pitch presentation

24th February 2014

The problem

• The poor quality of education in rural Cambodia

• Qualified, skilled teachers in need

• Ministry of Education programs not effective in rural areas

• Cambodian classes need to stimulate and to encourage students’ mind

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Your idea – slide 1

• Making Khmer education videos available online and encourage teachers to use them

• Provide tablets to schools– Tablets getting cheaper– Tablets consumes very little power

• We can reach more Cambodian students with quality lessons

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Your idea – slide 2

• 19 math lesson videos at Youtube

• 30 tablets at a community school with 400 students in Kep

• Android tablet app “Robo Khnyom” that plays Khmer videos with different subjects

• Students showing higher scores and more interests in learning

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What do you need?

• We need to produce more Khmer education contents.

• We need to encourage other Cambodian schools to try the program using tablets.

• We need partners who can work together

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