Plan trains tens of thousands of teachers every year so that they can deliver quality education

Learning is crucial for development and one of the most powerful tools in breaking the cycle of poverty.

Plan invests more in education than any other programme area and works to ensure that children, young people and adults get the knowledge and life skills they need to realise their full potential.

Our school improvement programme, which is a major part of our formal education work, delivers:

• support to every aspect of a school essential in creating the best learning environment for children
• the active participation of children and communities in school governance
• and holds the individual school management accountable for children's enrolment, attendance, learning and successful completion.

In 2009, Plan trained 63,561 teachers and built or rehabilitated 8,152 child-friendly schools.

Reaching out

In addition, we actively reach out to children who have never been to school or who have dropped out and offer them the chance of a quality education.

We are working to break down the barriers that prevent many girls being educated and have set up projects to help thousands of them into school.

For example, Plan Cambodia is working with the local authorities in Kampong Cham province to set up village classes for 397 children (200 girls), with the aim of eventually easing them into state-run schools. Plan is providing teaching materials and the teachers' food allowance.

• Learn about Plan's early childhood care and development work.
• See how Plan's skills training progammes are helping communities.