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Pheakdey Nguonphan“Science, technology engineering and mathemati cs for develpment of Cambodia”

September 23, 2014

23-09-2014

Science,Technology Engineering and Mathematics for Development of Cambodia

Dr. Pheakdey NGUONPHAN Dean – Faculty of Engineering

 

2014  total  popula,on:    15,458,332    

median  age  total:      24.1  years    m      23.4  years,    f      24.8  years  

Popula,on  

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GDP       2012  

36.59  billions  $  

Source:  Ministry  of  Economy  and  Finance  (MEF),  Cambodia  

GDP  -­‐  composi,on  by  sector    agriculture:            34.7%  industry:            24.3%  services:            41%  (2012  est.)  Taxes  on  Products:      8%  Labor  force          8.8  million  (2010  est.)  Labor  force  -­‐  by  occupa,on    agriculture:            57.6%  industry:            15.9%  services:            26.5%  (2009  est.)  

 GDP  distribu,on  by  economic  ac,vity  

In  2012  

         

 

     

     

•  Agricultural,  Fishing-­‐  and  Food  Industry  

•  Health  •  Garment  industry  •  Construc,on  Industry  •  Tourism  

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 TRANSFORMATION  FROM  AN  AGRICULTURAL  STATE  TO  A  HIGHTECHNOLOGY    STATE  –  A  CHALLENGE  AND  A  CHANCE  

 

STRUCTURAL  PROBLEMS:  •  Extremely  young  popula,on,  •  Reduc,on  of  the  jobs    related  to  agriculture  •  Perspec,ves  unclear  •  Structural  changes  are  necessary  (infrastructure,  technological,  

economical,  social,  poli,cal  ...)  

EDUCATION    •  NEW  CURRICULA  on  all  levels  necessary  •  In  par,cular  in  Mathema,cs  and    Computer  Science  •  Demand  for  well  educated  teachers    •  and  leaders  in  educa,on  and  research  in  Mathema,cs  and  Computer  

Science    

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RESEARCH    •  Joint  research    projects  in  interna,onal  networks  •  Gecng    interna,onally  compe,,ve  needs  interna,onal  coopera,on  •  Central  role  of  PhD  for  progress  in  research    

CHANCES  OF  GETTING    JOBS  a  main  challenge  for  Cambodia  great  chance  to  get  help    Help  is  needed  in  par,cular    •  to  iden,fy  aims  in  science  and  technology  •  in  providing  concepts  and  ressources                (state  level,  educa,on,...)  

 TRANSFORMATION  FROM  AN  AGRICULTURAL  STATE  TO  A  HIGHTECHNOLOGY    STATE  –  A  CHALLENGE  AND  A  CHANCE  

 

 SOME  STATISTICAL  STUDENT  ENROLLMENT  IN  HIGHER  EDUCATION  

         

11,517  

44,855  

1,448   8  

20,719  

173,264  

12,887  981  

23,123  

207,666  

14,274  1,006  

0  

50,000  

100,000  

150,000  

200,000  

250,000  

Associate  Degree   Bachelor   Master   Doctorates  

Num

ber  o

f  Stude

nts  

Degree  

2003-­‐2004  

2010-­‐2011  

2011-­‐2012  

Source:  Higher  Educa,on,  Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia  

14  

89   102  

8  

35  39  

0  

50  

100  

150  

2000   2010   2013  

Num

ber  o

f  Ins4tu4

ons  

Year  

Public  HEIs  

Total  

8  

9  

 

UNDERGRADUATE  TRAINING  DISTRIBUTION  BY  FIELDS  (2011)  

Basic science 6%

IT 8%

Social science & Art 7%

Tourism 2%

Foreign languages

12% Law 6%

Business Administration

47%

Health 5%

Agriculture 4%

Engineering 3%

Source:  Higher  Educa,on,  Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia  

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Basic science

1%

IT 4%

Social science 18%

Finance 9%

languages& translation

3%

Law 11%

Economie Management&

marketing 52%

Health 0%

Agriculture 1%

Engineering 1%

 MASTER’S  DEGREE  TRAINING  DISTRIBUTION  BY  FIELDS  (2011)  

 

Source:  Higher  Educa,on,  Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia  

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 DOCTORAL  DEGREE  TRAINING  DISTRIBUTION  BY  FIELD  (2011)  

 

IT 0.1%

Social science 32.8%

Finance 5.6%

Law 17.2%

Management 33.2%

Agriculture 7.9%

Engineering 0.8%

Other 2.4%

Source:  Higher  Educa,on,  Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia  

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7,975   8,461   9,045  10,584  

13,158  

698  719  

1,136  

1,367  

1,425  

0  

2,000  

4,000  

6,000  

8,000  

10,000  

12,000  

14,000  

16,000  

 2006-­‐2007     2007-­‐2008   2008-­‐2009   2009-­‐2010   2010-­‐2011  

Num

ber  o

f  Stude

nts  

Academic  Year  

Female  

Total  

Source:  Higher  Educa,on,  Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia  

 STUDENTS  ENROLLMENT  IN  IT  FIELDS  

 

 IT  RELATED  COMPANIES  DISTRIBUTED  BY  CATEGORY  

   

13  

758  

399  

37   63  0  

100  

200  

300  

400  

500  

600  

700  

800  

Hardware  supplier   Sodware  Development  Company   Telecom  Industrial   Online  Content  

Num

ber  o

f  Com

pany  

Category  

Number  of  IT  Related  Company  

Source:  Cambodia  yellow  page  

14  

76%  

21%  

3%  

0%  

180-­‐200  

201-­‐500  

500-­‐800  

more  than  800  

FRESH GRADUATE SALARY ALLOCATION

15  

41%  

0%  16%  

38%  

0%  5%  

Percentage  of  Target  Hiring  

Fresh  graduates（from  IT  related  courses  of  Colleges/Universi,es)  

Fresh  graduates（from  non  IT  related  Engineering  courses  of  Colleges/Universi,es)  Fresh  graduates（Other  courses  of  Colleges/Universi,es)  

Intermediate  (with  Work  Experience)  

Currently  not  hiring  any  

33%  

21%  

24%  

8%  

9%  5%  

Hired  Target  Fields  

Computer  Science  

Computer  Engineering  

Informa,on  Technology  

Electrical  Engineering  

Electronics  and  Communica,ons  Engineering  

Other  

HIRING

PERSPECTIVES OF IT DEVELOPMENT

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Star,ng    IT  development  

IT  development  in  commissioned    and/or  subcontrac5ng  work  

Independent  development  of  sodware—Expor,ng  IT  products  

Qualified  IT  HRD  

2013  2000   2020  

Quality  

High  

Middle  

Low  

Stage  1   Stage  2   Stage  3  

IT STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN RUPP  

17  

816  906  

1070  

1334   1392   1395  

34  

44  

50  

56  92   96  

0  

200  

400  

600  

800  

1000  

1200  

1400  

1600  

2007-­‐8   2008-­‐9   2009-­‐10   2010-­‐11   2011-­‐12   2012-­‐13  

Num

ber  o

f  Stude

nt  

Academic  Year  

RUPP  IT  Student  Enrollment  

female  

Total  

Source:  RUPP,  2013  

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 MASTER  IT  ENGINEERING  

   

SCIENTIFIC NETWORK  

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Master  of  IT  Engineering  

•  coopera,on  in              educa,on    •  joined  research  

projects  

Regional  Partners  

•  exchange  of  students  •  training  of  team  leaders  •  promo,ng  master  and  

PhD  programs  •  knowledge  transfer  •  joint  research  projects  

Overseas  Partners  

•  internship  •  professional  

training  

Industry/NGOs  

EXAMPLES OF EXISTING NETWORK PROJECT  

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COMPUTATIONAL  HUMANTIES  AND    CULTURAL  HERITAGE  

!

WORLDBANK    PROJECTS  MATHEMATICAL  MODELLING,  SIMULATION  AND  OPTIMISATION  

CENTER  FOR  COMPUTATIONAL  SCIENCES    (ICCOMS)    –  NODE  IN  A  SOUTH  EAST  ASIAN  NETWORK  IN  COMPUTATIONAL  SCIENCES    

HELP IS NEEDED  

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in  par,cular    •   to  find  a  concept  for  the    development    for  Cambodia;  •  to  iden,fy  areas,  in  which    Cambodia  has  a  chance  to  

survive  in  interna,onal  compe,,on  as  anindependent  player;  

•  to  promote  the  voca,onal    perspec,ves  for  the  young  genera,on;    

•  to  plan  and  realize  an  educa,onal  concept  bridging  all  levels,  following  these  aims.  

THE YOUNG GENERATION DESERVES ATTENTION  

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Thank You  

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