Background
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport oversees Cambodia’s public education system, including school administration, student welfare, and coordination with partners on school-based programs. School health activities in Cambodia are administered through education governance structures that link ministry departments, school management, and external partners.
Food safety and nutrition awareness in schools are part of the broader school health function because students consume food and beverages in education settings and can be reached through organized learning activities. Public-private cooperation agreements are a common administrative mechanism for delivering non-core support to Cambodian schools, including awareness campaigns, equipment donations, and targeted student services.
Within this system, the General Department of School Health and related education units can work with outside organizations to implement campaigns across primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary institutions. Such arrangements do not create general regulation by themselves, but they can shape how ministry-supported programs are carried out in schools.
Key Developments
On 13 January 2026 in Phnom Penh, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport held a signing ceremony for an agreement with YHS (Cambodia) Food & Beverage Pte. Ltd. and the Ng Teng Fong charitable foundation. The agreement continues cooperation in 2026 on a campaign to promote food safety in educational institutions.
According to the ministry’s announcement, the campaign is intended to raise awareness among students in primary and lower secondary schools about consuming sweetened beverages with lower sugar content and to encourage related consumption habits. The event was attended by ministry leadership, representatives of the General Department of School Health, and relevant officials.
The announcement states that the 2026 cooperation expands support to a total of 500 primary schools, lower secondary schools, and high schools. It also states that 100 computers will be provided to 10 schools to be selected by YHS (Cambodia) and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport.
Implications
The agreement has reference value because it records how MoEYS uses partnership-based administrative arrangements to deliver school health promotion and material support within the education system. It also identifies the scale of institutional coverage for 2026 and documents a concrete school support commitment involving both awareness programming and equipment provision.
For schools and education stakeholders, the development indicates continued ministry-backed implementation of a food safety and health awareness campaign across selected institutions. It also shows that external corporate and charitable support can be integrated into Cambodia’s education governance framework through formal cooperation with the ministry.
Official Source
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) Facebook post dated 13 January 2026.
