Background
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has pursued international cooperation to adapt classroom-level digital learning methods into Cambodia’s education planning. On 18 June 2025 the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport signed a memorandum of understanding with The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust to introduce the CoolThink@JC program into Cambodia’s education system.
Secretary of State Dr. Kim Sethany led a delegation of ministry officials and teachers to Hong Kong to study classroom implementation and exchange experiences with Hong Kong educators. CoolThink@JC emphasizes computational thinking and project-based classroom activities that shift teachers’ roles toward facilitation and student-led problem solving.
Key Developments
The Cambodian delegation visited two Hong Kong schools—The Salvation Army Tin Ka Ping School and Ying Wa Primary School and Ying Wa College—to observe in-class application of the CoolThink@JC curriculum and to receive direct presentations on classroom practices. Cambodian teachers and school leaders presented early results and lessons from the first phase of local implementation and discussed steps to ensure continuity and sustainability of the program.
Under the partnership, private institutions in Hong Kong provided donations of digital equipment to support classroom implementation in Cambodia.
Institutional Role
The ministry’s digital education unit is coordinating the pilot rollout, teacher training, and partnerships with external funders and school operators for CoolThink@JC. The agreement with The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust establishes an institutional channel for technical exchange and resource support between the two jurisdictions.
Operational Implications
Implementing CoolThink@JC at scale will require structured teacher professional development, integration of project-based modules into primary and secondary curricula, and provision of classroom hardware and learning materials. The model calls for classroom-level changes that convert students from consumers of technology into creators, which implies adjustments to lesson design, assessment practices, and school-level support mechanisms.
Source: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) social media post, September 2026; original MoU referenced dated 18 June 2025.
