First, there is a shortage of schools in most parts of Cambodia, especially the rural and remote ones. By shortage, I mean, the number of schools in a particular area doesn’t meet the demand of the population living in that area. Although a number of schools are found to be operating in certain rural and remote areas, however, some of those schools are considered to be disadvantaged schools which do not have good roofs, good floors, good walls, drinking water supply, and latrine facilities (see Table 1). Second, many rural Cambodian rural family cannot afford to send their children to school because their families are financially deprived. As mentioned in the Poverty Profile of Education For All National Plan 2003-2015 (EFA), “Although comparisons between different poverty measures are difficult, the incidence of poverty appears largely unchanged from 1997. Poverty rates are highest in rural areas where roughly 90.5 per cent of the poor live. The remainder of the poor is located in other urban areas (7.2 per cent) and the capital Phnom Penh (2.3 per cent). Average annual income in rural areas was less than one-third of Phnom Penh residents (rural US$ 197 per annum, Phnom Penh US$ 691 per annum).”[2]