2025 Volume 76 Issue 4 Pages 176-185
Cambodia's education system has been gradually improving since the civil war of the 1970s. However, it has been noticed that it is necessary to improve educational programs and to address the issues of inadequate school facilities and a lack of classrooms. As part of our study, a survey was conducted on the everyday housework of Cambodian elementary school, junior high school, and high school students. We investigated how everyday housework related to home economics education as students progressed from elementary school to high school. The results were as follows:
(1) The three tasks for elementary school, junior high school, and high school students before going to school were "doing laundry", "cleaning rooms" and "helping mother with work". In addition, the four tasks after school were "doing laundry", "cooking meals", "cleaning up after meals" and "helping mother with work."
(2) With regard to the practices of individuals, significant differences were shown in three areas between elementary school, junior high school and high school students. These were "understanding nutrition", "ability to clean" and "ability to keep the house tidy".
There were four areas the students wanted to know more about: "how to do laundry", "how to clean", "how to organize the house" and "nutrition". This was particularly noticeable among elementary school students.
(3) In order to clarify the differences in everyday housework between the different types of schools, we compared the practices and requests for information of elementary and junior high school students, who had a high discrimination accuracy rate. In terms of practices like "understanding nutrition", "ability to do laundry", "disposal of garbage in designated places", "ability to cook" and "ability to clean" as well as requests for information on "how to clean", "how to cook" and "nutrition", elementary school students were more likely to have a positive opinion.
Based on the analysis, it is considered that home economics education in Cambodia needs to improve the content of its education in terms of both knowledge and skills regarding everyday housework especially in junior high schools and high schools in Cambodia.
