Cambodian ICT Masterplan 2020 13. e-Education Services 13.1 Introduction Cambodia has various long-term plans for education (e.g., National Strategic Development Plan 2014-2018, Master Plan for ICT in Education 2009-2013, The Education for All National Plan 20032015) and well-organized school systems. However, the school completion rate has dropped down as the educational level goes up due to weak educational infrastructure including weak educational network among schools. E-School is a candidate to improve the educational infrastructure with respect to ICT. e-Learning may be an alternative to make up the shortfall in current education systems. Low recognition of e-learning, a scarcity of localized education contents, few e-learning courses offered are current obstacles for e-learning to become popular. Since e-learning, as a supplementary channel to provide education, is a good method for distance learning as well as for enhancing the educational levels of the public, e-learning must be invigorated and supported in a long-term plan. 13.2 Objectives The objectives to promote Cambodia’s e-Education are divided into two parts. First, the information including personal information (students, teachers, staff), student records, activities, is digitalized. Based on the digitized information, certificates including students’ records from educational institutions are able to be issued in any place of Cambodia. All public schools provide school, curriculum, teachers’ information on their own website and support two-way communications between schools and parents. Additionally, a library information network within the entire Cambodia is established. Second, the infrastructure and the environment such as policies, rules and regulations are ready to be used for e-learning. The level of awareness in economic population is improved to above the average of ASEAN countries, and the education level in entire population is improved to above the average of ASEAN countries. 13.3 Enabling e-School Services The concept of e-school contains e-learning in broad aspect, but the scope of e-school in this plan sets limits to digitalized information at school. Thus e-school represents that all information is 37

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