The Combodian Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has launched its new ICT Textbook for
schools that have computers, all universities and all teacher training facilities. The new textbook
also teaches the use of Khmer language Free and Open Source applications, like OpenOffice,
Mekhala (Firefox) and Moyura (Thunderbird), which have been fully translated to Khmer
language (Cambodian).

The new textbook follows interactive training of eight month during which all new upper
secondary school ICT teachers, all ICT teachers at upper secondary schools that have computers,
and all ICT Master Trainers from teacher training facilities have been trained to teach this type
of software, as well as to maintain their computer facilities. The Ministry will distribute the
books together with a letter from the Ministry indicating that from now on this should be the
materials to be taught. Thus Combodia becomes the first country in the world to fully change
its education system to only teach Free and Open Source applications. Computers in Khmer language
is available only through Free and Open Source software; separates the skill of "second-language"
from the skill of "computer use", allowing students to work on them independently, and even use their
computer skills to later use computers to learn English.