The Ministry of Education plans to expand literacy classes at factories to increase workers' incomes

The Ministry of Education plans to expand factory literacy classes to help eliminate illiteracy among illiterate workers To achieve this target by 2030

Ros SoVeacha, spokesman for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, said the ministry plans to establish more literacy classes in factories. At present, there are only 13, with 334 graduates.
Ros SoVeacha reiterated on January 9, 2020 that the expansion of literacy classes at the workers' factories The aim is to provide workers with more knowledge to improve their employment as well as increase their incomes and reduce their labor costs Also domestic violence.

He added that the training for the workers was held at the administrative office, the meeting room and the library library, with free hours An hour or 45 minutes of work, such as from 4 to 5 p.m., at each factory, which the program teaches for four months only Some factories offer up to one hour of work daily Index on Friday to teach literacy to its workers.
He said that the subjects to be taught include Khmer, which includes a script that includes violent lessons Safety, Health, Work, Traffic, Family, Modeling, Budgeting and Mathematics Vol.

But before going into the literacy classes at the factory, he said, the Ministry of Education and UNESCO Provide 12-day training for volunteer trainers, most of whom are factory workers with above-average knowledge .

Ros SoVeacha states that in 2019, the Ministry of Education has set up 15 literacy classes, which are 13 factories. Enterprises in 11 provinces with 382 workers, 363 women and 334 graduates People.
Upon completion, both employers and workers received certificates from the Ministry of Education, he said And Sports and UNESCO in particular, workers gain knowledge such as reading, calculating, and security in While working and participating in domestic violence prevention Also know about traffic laws and other lifestyle.

For factory employers, he said, it is less difficult to think of the workers because the workers know how to write. It was also clear to buyers that the factory was focused on social activities.
Lay Vutha, UNESCO's plant literacy program manager, once said that the factory's literacy program is UNESCO's. Assist both financially and technically, and train 12-day trainers who choose to leave the factory to teach Continue to employers And the government is funded.

He added that the program is very good for helping workers gain knowledge not only literate Think of it, but also gain knowledge from society.