Brief Biography

Name : Sok Tha

Occupation : Government Official, Department of
Information and ASEAN Affairs, Ministry of
Education, Youth and Sport
Position : Head of ICT in Education Unit
Address : #80, Preah Norodom Blvd., Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
Telephone: +855 11 901 801
Fax : +855 23 212 512
Email : soktha@gmail.com
Website : www.moeys.gov.kh

Sok Tha has served the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) of Cambodia for over a
decade. As the head of ICT in Education Unit, his major roles are administering and coordinating
the deployment of ICT in field of education; managing information systems in education sector;
developing e-learning and distance learning and recommending hardware and software
requirements for educational institutions. He is currently Co-Project Manager of the Open
Schools Program [http://www.open.org.kh/en/osp]- a joint project of the Ministry of Education,
Youth and Sport and the Open Institute, who are working together to improve the quality of
education through the use of ICT, including the necessary plans, computer programs in Khmer
language, curricula, distance learning methodology, training materials, and technology for
sustainability.

Since 2003 Tha has been involved in e-learning activities, in coordination with Asia e-learning
Network [http://www.asia-elearning.net], and later with SEAVERN project of SEAMEO VOCTECH
[http://www.voctech.org.bn/cms]. He has coordinated – during the last two years - the most
important ICT projects of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, including the SchoolNet
and NextGen [http://www.unescobkk.org/education/ict] projects.

Tha is also a board member of the Cambodia-Korea Alumni Association and advocacy board
member of Center for Information System Training, a French NGO that offers underprivileged
students quality training in the field of Information Technology.

He graduated with a B.A in Education at the Royal University of Phnom Penh and a MBA degree
in Management from Phnom Penh International University, Cambodia.