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“Aiming at educating the young in
becoming technically competent,
mature and productive citizens”
Don Bosco Foundation of Cambodia is a non-profit and
non-governmental organization working in more than 135 countries including
Cambodia. Don Bosco Technical School at Phnom Penh Thmey Campus is a constituent
institution of the Don Bosco Foundation of Cambodia. Enrollment normally numbers
420-480 students per scholastic year (from school year 2006, students number
620).
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW AND GENERAL INFORMATION OF THE
SCHOOL |
MISSION STATEMENT
The objective of the Course/Program Registration of Don Bosco
Technical School is to ensure quality in providing technical education and
training in Cambodia, to enable them to acquire and develop skills that would
help them become productive and responsible citizens of their country and to
encourage a professional course of study for teaching staff who will become
change agents in the educational and technical development of the technical
schools in Phnom Penh and the nation.
PROGRAM GOALS
Our
two programs goals are, therefore, as follows:
(1)
to improve quality of courses/ programs and
(2)
to upgrade the competencies of trainees/ graduates. The program will also
provide long term formal relationships between the Don Bosco Technical School
and the neighborhood to create partnership in building up better citizens of
Cambodia and the world.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
The
objectives of the program are designed to enable students to:
Upgrade the quality of technical vocational education and
training to the young to become skillful in technical vocational with the level
of competency to standard of the countries in the region.
Acquire theories and skills from behavioral, social ,
organizational and managerial sciences which can be used to facilitate the
educational growth and skills expertise of the young.
Transmit high ideals of social and cultural plurality, principles
of multicultural education and skills training, and learn how to maximize all
students’ learning potential.
Discuss contemporary educational thought and practices on themes
such as competency, achievement, assessment, accountability, and performance
appraisals.
Analyze funding resources for students and teaching personnel,
utilize the latest techniques in budget development, and evaluate the funding of
education for the needy youth and personnel.
PLACEMENT AND APPRENTICESHIP
The training offered by Don Bosco technical School assists the
trainees/ graduates in job placements. The school has established tie-ups with
some reputable companies where the students spend their supervised in-plant
training (SIPT).
EVALUATION AND TRAINING PERFORMANCE
The trainees are evaluated every module or phase of training. A
level of competence in learning theoretical and practical aspect is set for the
trainees to develop better learning and work habits to achieve. Graphical
representation of the cumulative competence encourages and stimulates the
trainees to develop better learning and work habits.
PROGRAMS DESCRIPTION
The Certificate in Technology with any specialization mentioned
below. The education and skills training requires a 17-month and/or 22- month
course/ program and has a multicultural interdisciplinary base. It prepares
students for diploma in technology Level 2. The courses offered are as follows:
General Shop Machine: This
program concentrates on the importance of the basic principles of Machine Shop
Technology at work in all branches. It provides training on the operation and
maintenance of lathe, milling, boring and grinding machine tools and equipments
that are sufficient to enable them to join a work force. It provides a sound and
thorough knowledge of machine shop practice, machine shop principles and
metrology at work.
Automotive Technology:
This program concentrates on the importance of the basic principles of
Automobile technology at work in car and motorcycles. It provides a training on
servicing, maintenance, installation and repairs on car and motorcycles engines.
It also provides a sound and thorough knowledge on computerized wheel alignment
and car electronics.
General Electrical Technology:
This program concentrates on the importance of the basic principles of general
Electrical Technology at work in all branches. It provides servicing and
maintenance, installation and repairs of electrical system on motors,
transformers and generators, its components and parts, refrigeration and air
conditioning system that are sufficient for trainees to join a work force. It
provides a sound and thorough knowledge of electricity, electrical machineries,
industrial controls and circuit controls.
Fabrication and Welding:
This program concentrates on the importance of the basic principles on
fabrication of machine parts, electrical and gas welding technology at work in
all branches. It also provides training on sheet metal works, Mig and Tig
Stainless, plasma cutting, cylinder rolling, bending and cutting that are
sufficient to enable the trainees to join a work force.
Basic Electronics and
Computers: This program concentrates on the importance of the basic
principles on Electronics technology and computers at work in all branches. It
also provides training on servicing and maintenance, installations and repairs
of electronics system, its components and parts, software and hardware computer
installations and its maintenance, printed circuit board, design and production
that are sufficient to enable the trainees to join a work force.
Printing: This program
concentrates on the importance of the basic principles on pre-press, off-set and
silk-screen printing, binding and finishing at work in all branches. It also
provides training on computer design, color separation, agfa-image setter, film
recording, folding and plastic lamination that are sufficient to enable the
trainees to join a work force in Printing Press.
Admission to this program is based on the assumption that
candidates will be able to complete the requirements of the program and become
successful manpower after graduation. The application requirements are as
follows:
Must be poor and/ or orphaned and
lack the opportunities to continue studies.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
must show that she/he has studied at least Level 9 of the Formal Education.
Must come from poor and big
families and/ or recommended by orphanages or other NGO’s.
Submit official transcripts of at
least Lower Secondary Education (Level 9), Identification Card and Family Book
Must pass the personal Interview
Must take the Written Examination
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Students from the province or orphanages may be admitted in the Boarding Houses
Girls’ Hostel and Boys’ Boarding Section). They must submit proper credentials.
A full-time residency or at least three semesters must be completed in the two
years course. Candidates must pass a comprehensive examination at the end of
appropriate courses, and then satisfactorily pass the assessment of their
specialization at the culmination of the course/ program.
Students also will be required to participate in selected enrichment activities
during year one of the program like sports, extra-curricular activities and
seminars/ courses and farming.
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COURSE AND SEMESTER SEQUENCE |
Each student will be required to complete the equivalent of one
and a half calendar years in residency. The second year will include additional
core courses, minor courses, and the in - plant training internship or the
elective subjects for the second semester of the second year. Courses are
offered Monday to Saturday from 7.45 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. The common courses or
subjects for first year and students are as follows:
First Year Subjects :
First and Second Semesters
Khmer Language 1
English Language 1
Practical Mathematics
1
Technical Drafting 1
Personality Development
1
Moral Ethics 1
Health and Physical Exercises 1
Second Year Subjects: First and Second Semesters
Khmer Language
2
English Language 2
Practical Mathematics
2
Technical Drafting 2
Personality Development
2
Moral Ethics 2
Health and Physical Exercises 2
The specialization will be accorded the
different sections or departments. Every trainee will, however, pass the
required assessment on the following:
1.
periodic tests and
examinations
2.
competency
assessment
3.
feedback on
assessment results
4.
Written report from
the teaching faculty
5.
Written report and
recommendation from the supervisors and managers
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