Education plays an important role
in
nation-building. The history of
Cambodia bears witness to the ups and downs of education. During the golden age of Khmer Empire, the king was building what the present-day call hardware and the queen the software.
Some seven centuries later, when the country fell into its darkest period, education was annihilated.
In Education Reform in Cambodia, Dr. Hang Chuon Naron digged into a long history of education in Cambodia in the pre-Angkor, Angkor, and post-Angkor as well as the role of education played by mainstream religions. In addition, the book uses this background information to guide casual readers and researchers alike to the various phases of development and reformations of modern education since the colonial time up to the present.