Public/Private Partnerships

Annex 2

Data on Establishments visited

School	Fees US$ p.a.	Curric.	Other receipts	Other revenue	Excluded	Type	PTR	PCR	Teachers	Governance/ registration	Notes/ Restrictions on expansion
PHNOM PENH
ISPP Gr 1 –12	8400	IB	Entry fee of $1200	US Embassy grant	Exams, exercise books Lunch	NfP	7:1	18:1	All ex pat Intl salaries	Board of parents Registered with MoEYS WASC	Space and cost of land– will build when have found land. Waiting list. 25% Cambodian ss Some scholarships
Adventist Gr 1 – 10 (growing to 12)	400	National + music and computing	None	7% of running costs from US	Lunch	NfP mission	17:1	25:1	Cambodian US$120 pm	Board of parents Registered with Municipality	Space – are building new school Poor communications with the Ministry (information) Lack of access to TB
Northbridge 1 – 12	7800	American	Registration $1500 Capital $1400 pa	None	Lunch Transport	Profit	6:1	10:1	Ex pat Intl Salary Cambodian Teaching Assistants US300pm	CEO Registered with MoEYS WASC	Purpose built premises 25% Cambodians Scholarships for Cambodian students Teaching Assistants are qualified teachers being trained to school standard Operating below capacity – heavy advertising
Sampomeas High School 1-12 134 ss Gr 7-12	18 – 30 per month	National	None	None	Books Uniform Lunch	Profit	6.5:1	22:1	Depends on subj and qual. From US$1 to 1.5 per lesson	Lady owner Registered with Municipality, MoEYS relevant depts for different levels	Fees depend on grade. Has 7 rooms waiting for expansion, low demand due to fees. Reputation for discipline, good teaching and safety. Pass rate of 90% Teachers recruited from Cambodian schools Reduces fees for poor and orphans Problem: lack of books/ availability
Toun Fa Chinese Community School 5,000 ss in 2 shifts	30 – 45 per semester	National but in Chinese	Community covers all costs not met by fees		uniform	NfP	40:1	48:1	Chinese non trained US$ 140 –160 pm	Gr 1 – 6 registered with Municipality and MoEYS	Are expanding to 27 new classrooms under construction. All land and building costs met by community. 400 poor pay nothing School is in ADDITION to state school so ss are receiving twice as much education.

Data on Establishments visited

School

Fees

US$ p.a.

Curric.

Other receipts

Other revenue

Excluded

Type

PTR

PCR

Teachers

Governance/ registration

Notes/ Restrictions on expansion

Bak Touk Public High School

8,493 ss in 2 shifts

New ss CR 4000

Ret.

2500

+1000 sports and art

National

None

Hold a flower festival

Lease of food stalls

Books

Uniform

Food

Transport

Public

1:23

53:1

Cambodian

Municipality

Fees + food lease cover utilities

Fee level set by president of Municipality

Gr 9 and 12 take priority for CR, others are under trees etc.

4 school Directors: 2 General, 1 US, 2 JS

All TB (LS&US) purchased by parents Top down decision making (MoEYS to school) has prevented links being made

Anuwath Public High School

Rp 7,000

5,000

Hygiene 2,000

National

None MoEYS pay all bills (water/elec)

None

Exams, books uniform

State

1:24

Cambodian

Under MoEYS

78% pass rate Gr 9, 84% Gr 12

All TB (LS&US) purchased by parents

No additional payments to TT and no other use of buildings

Would be interested in link to business

Priority is computing and TT

If they need something they ask parents

Kandal

Om al Qura

G 7 – 10

580 ss

Free

National

4 hrs pd

Islam

4 hrs pd

All from foundation

none

All found

NfP

35:1

Cambodian Muslim US$150 pm

Municipality, MoEYS

Religion

Letter of authority from the First Prime minister

School is 100% funded by Foundation

All boys and all board

100% pass Gr 9

BATAMBANG No private schools
NIM (Branch) 600 ss	As in PP	Own	None			Public/ private			Cambodian		Good facility and are expanding, cover management and accounting to Bachelor of Business Management Have entry exams, of 150 intake 20 scholarships
Washington DC Univ. (Branch) 41 ss	US$ 300 p.a.	Own	Link to other branches			Private			Cambodian US$ 300 p.m.	Owner	Under severe pressure from NIM Teachers from PP and Seam Reap for courses – impression they will not survive in Batambang
Preah Monivong Public High School 4,200ss in rotation	Rp 8,500 Rp 6,500 Hygiene	National	None (Rp 500 for use of library borrowing)		US buy books or use library borrowing	Public	33:1		Cambodian	Municipality	20% of all ss have private classes of Rp 300 per h our. School takes 3% Parents supplied money to build the library TB for US bought by parents
School	Fees US$ p.a.	Curric.	Other receipts	Other revenue	Excluded	Type	PTR	PCR	Teachers	Governance/ registration	Notes/ Restrictions on expansion
Batambang Education Centre 800 ss on courses	U$$ 10 – 150 depending on course	Own	None			Private			Cambodian US$5 per hour	Owner	Problem finding good qualified staff Organise internal exam committee to try to have a standard Have updated equipment and materials due to competition
Sihanoukville No private schools
Hun Sen Mittapheap Public Pr and JS 1,500ss 727 JS		Khmer				Govt	JS 1:17!?		Cambodian		Visited in error but interesting – 12 teachers qualified for US but no places for them in the Lycee TB a problem in the school – having on market would help some ss Private lessons have collapsed as parents spend on English – reported 90% having extra English
Regent School of English	US$ 5 – 7 per 24 hour month	English	none	none		Private inst	20:1		Cambodian (US PT) + 3 expats	Single owner	Says market saturated and now very tough Improving quality through upgrading teachers and new materials Certificates awarded after approval of exams by MoEYS
Lucky languages Centre	US$ 5 – 7 per 24 hour	English	none	none		Private Inst	20:1		Cambodian (US PT)	Single Owner	Improving quality through upgrading teachers and new materials Certificates awarded after approval of exams by MoEYS Strict rules/ teachers uniforms etc to create ‘image’.
TVET Inst	Free	Khmer	ADB			Govt			Cambodian 1 VSO		5 courses 45 ss per course of 4 months – how soon will the market be saturated? Innovative additional courses e.g. English methodology
Siem Reap No private schools
Washington DC Univ. 130 ss	US$ 400 per semester	Own	None	None	None	Private			Cambodian 1 expat		Courses in Management, marketing, accounting – options will be in tourism Capacity 500+
TBC Run by above	US$ 4 – 60 pm	Own				inst of above			Cambodian		Offering up to 60 short courses to supplement above and to generate income
10 January 1979 Public USS						Govt			Cambodian 1 VSO

Notes:

ISPP        International School of Phnom Penh;       IB    International Baccalaureate
NfP         Not for Profit;   CEO            Chief Executive Officer
TB           Textbooks

Profit/ not for profit: there is a degree of confusion here. It would seem that the distinction does not legally exist in Cambodia so ISPP does not pay VAT, income tax, advance profit tax, Adventist school pays income tax and Northbridge pay all taxes. In terms of competition this gives ISPP a clear advantage and for no obvious reason. Clearly Northbridge is part of a bigger company but the school is registered in the same way as the others and their aim is for the school to not make a profit but surplus for emergency/ expansion and scholarships.

No other institute seems to be registered for tax purposes thought some state they make payments to Municipal tax offices though they are uncertain against what schedule

Adventist school: Financing is made up of fees (though some students are sponsored from US the fees are the same), 7% from the Adventist community and donations for equipment such as computers. When they move to the new school they will sell courses in the evenings.

Northbridge: the student enrolment is growing so a unit price is difficult to give.

Anuwath Public High School – this is not representative of public schools as it is a MoEYS managed school linked to the PTT College. Head teacher well aware of this status and wonders how other schools under Municipality manage.

Sampomeas – a ‘true’ private school, started by the current owner in 1995 when she left the public profession to try and improve quality and give good teachers a chance to earn more. She does not pay tax but makes payments so she does not have to! She thinks that her fees are what the market can tolerate.

Chinese Schools in Phnom Penh – These are Community schools. There are five Communities based on language. They have a committee who is responsible for education. There are 14 schools in PP 7 of which are true community and 7 called private but we were told these are also managed and supported by the community. The schooling is in addition to 99% of students being in the state system. At the moment they can only officially teach Grades 1 – 6 so there are ‘unofficial’ Grades 7 – 9 running. A request has been made for JS approved status.

Market niche

School

Potential for expansion/ replication

Expatriate

Wealthy Cambodian

· Int School of Phnom Penh

· Northbridge Int School

· In talks with each other to explore possibility of having one upper secondary school as not a big enough market for two and considerable saving from one.

Have probably captured the market at this level (space at Northbridge).

Missionary/ Religious

· Adventist Any Cambodian child Gr 1 – 10

· Om Al Quran

· Kuwaiti school

· The school has had no dropout and minimal repetition, they offer computing, English and music as well as Religion and Morality on the curriculum. There is a waiting list. However, they make no profit and just cover costs, given that they have to sponsor 50% of children from overseas money and intake is on a first come first served basis then this may be an indication that there is little market for a profitable school. All teachers are Adventist as are all children. They move to a new purpose built site soon, sponsored by the Church.

· Aim to expand to 1000 students. 200 intake is selected from +/- 500 applicants. Will expand as seems appropriate. Fully subsidised

· Muslim community. Fully subsidised

Mission/ religious schools are likely to meet the needs of the community they serve and probably need no support other than a registration framework, access to information on curriculum etc., textbooks and possibly monitoring.

Community

· Chinese schools

· Community are paying for expansion to meet new demand as population increases. Heavily subsidised. Only permitted to officially teach Gr 1 – 6.

Private

· One

· Has space for more children

Lack of access to TB

US300pm

Problem: lack of books/ availability

Fee level set by president of Municipality

All TB (LS&US) purchased by parents

Kandal

School is 100% funded by Foundation

Under severe pressure from NIM

Problem finding good qualified staff

Siem Reap No private schools