A Social Assessment (SA) is required under the World Bank’s Safeguard Policy (OP/BP 4.10). The
objectives of the assessment are to : (i) evaluate the project potential positive and adverse effects
on the Indigenous People (IP) and examine project alternatives where adverse effects may be
significant; (ii) assess the stakeholders’ perspectives on current status of access to education,
discrimination in access to education service, discrepancies in enrollment or any other indicators
of education access between IPs and mainstream Khmer communities, measures to improve their
access to education to maximize the benefits of the project activities to beneficiaries; and (iii)
establish a basis for subsequent project monitoring and evaluation. The SA is also a means to
engage in free, prior and informed consultation with indigenous communities and to assess
whether these communities provide their broad support to the project or not. During SA process
indigenous people were informed about the project and consulted about the project benefits and
adverse effects. The SA has found that consulted the IP communities and key stakeholders
support for the project.