KAPE and MoEYS Pilot a Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Forty New Generation Schools will teach students how to stay safe, think critically and create responsibly online.
As smartphones reach even the most remote classrooms, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and KAPE have launched a pilot to teach students the skills to use them wisely.
The digital citizenship curriculum spans ten lessons covering online safety, recognising misinformation, protecting personal data, and creating original content responsibly. It will run in forty New Generation Schools before a planned national rollout.
Skills for a connected generation
Rather than banning devices, the curriculum treats digital literacy as a core competency — as fundamental as reading or arithmetic. Lessons are built around real scenarios students already face, from viral rumours to online harassment.
Teacher guides, student workbooks and a facilitator training package have all been localised into Khmer. KAPE's technology team will gather feedback throughout the pilot to refine the materials before they reach schools nationwide.