Non-Formal Education
Non-Formal Education (NFE) in Cambodia aims to ensure that all people, including children,
young adults, adults, poor people and those with disabilities, realise their rights to basic education
and lifelong learning. Another objective is to provide opportunities for young adults and adults to
become literate after they have left school and access life skill. The Cambodian Government, often
in partnership with NGOs, has supported various initiatives to expand the provision of non-formal
education, particularly in border, remote and disadvantaged areas. The programmes provided
have addressed local life skills, vocational skills and basic professional skills to meet the needs
of the labour market. A great deal of the recent focus in non-formal education is upon improving
adult literacy rates. 42Although both enrolment in and provision of NFE has increased in the past 10
years, this subsector is facing significant challenges such as frequent migration, low staff capacity
and little community support. Literacy programmes needs to be improved and there is a serious
lack of human resources. Managing, monitoring and evaluating NFE by the relevant authorities
needs to be upgraded and improved