18th School Health Training Session Held

The 18th School Health Instructor Training was held from July 8th to 11th.

This training focused primarily on lesson study and was conducted at the Phnom Penh Institute of Education and the Battambang Institute of Education.

Lessons on ‘Infectious Diseases and Their Prevention’ by Ms. Sreyry from the Phnom Penh Institute of Education and ‘Dental Health’ by Ms. Somnea from the Battambang Institute of Education were delivered to third-year students at each university.

On both days, a research conference followed the lessons, featuring lively discussions from three perspectives: “What went well,” “Challenges,” and “What was learned.”

On the final day, participants visited the Phare Ponleu Selpak arts school in Battambang, run by an NGO, and attended a lesson on “Nutrition and Healthy Eating” delivered by an instructor from this project.

During the tour, we saw artworks like paintings and sculptures, and children practicing traditional instruments. In the gymnastics practice area, we suddenly noticed one of the project instructors joining the children in playing with hula hoops!

This art school practices community-open education, offering painting classes and access to its library to local children.

The nutrition lesson the instructor conducted for the art school students began by asking them to recall what they ate yesterday. They learned about essential nutrients and preventing diet-related illnesses, with the lesson designed to make the content personally relevant. After the class, an art school teacher reportedly asked if they could provide the materials to conduct the same lesson for students who couldn’t attend this time. It was truly moving to see the lessons, prepared and delivered with such dedication by the project instructors, spreading in this way.