Over 94% of lower secondary students pass diploma exams
The number of students who passed the lower secondary exam this year was 94.78%, said the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501386402/over-94-of-lower-secondary-students-pass-diploma-exams/
GIZ fund of $4.5M to reinforce Kingdom’s SMEs
German international development organisation Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) will provide $4.5 million in aid to promote a small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) development project in four Asean countries, including Cambodia. In Cambodia, Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts undersecretary of state Son Seng Huot ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/giz-fund-45m-reinforce-kingdoms-smes
Ministry of Environment to strengthen marine environment and biodiversity protection
The Ministry of Environment signed an agreement to protect Cambodia’s marine environment and biodiversity. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50975857/ministry-of-environment-to-strengthen-marine-environment-and-biodiversity-protection/
Accounting standards miss mark
The first-ever study to measure compliance with Cambodia’s new Law on Accounting and Auditing found few companies willing to talk about their accounting practices, and a low rate of compliance among those that did. ...
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/accounting-standards-miss-mark
Number of ‘A’ grade earners on diploma exam quadruples
Prime Minister Hun Sen is scheduled to meet with high school students who passed the Grade 12 exam with an “A” grade following the announcement of the results by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on January 14, indicating a nearly four-fold increase in ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/number-grade-earners-diploma-exam-quadruples
Meals incentive: Gov’t beefing up school feeding programme to curb dropouts
The government has issued a sub-decree which will allocate over $4 million to fund meals in more than 400 schools across 10 provinces in a bid to curb dropouts this year. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1255074/meals-incentive-govt-beefing-up-school-feeding-programme-to-curb-dropouts/
Grade 12 exam postponed to Dec 27
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has set December 27 as the new date for high school diploma examination. The Grade 12 exam was originally scheduled for December 6. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grade-12-exam-postponed-dec-27
World bank project in trouble before it starts
Between 2008 and 2015, the World Bank and German aid agency GIZ spent $13 million setting up eight social land concessions for thousands of the poorest Cambodians, doling out small farms they could use to pull themselves out of poverty and, after a few years, ...
Zsombor Peter and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/world-bank-project-in-trouble-before-it-starts-108700/
Grade A students reach record, set to meet PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen will meet with the talented students who received a Grade A in the recent high school diploma exams – also known as baccalaureate II, or Bacc II’ – in an event to be held in Phnom Penh on February 28. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/grade-students-reach-record-set-meet-pm
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications encourages passing BAC II students to learn digital technology skills
Chea Vandeth, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, has issued a letter urging students to pass the high school diploma exam to acquire digital technology skills. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501390300/minister-of-posts-and-telecommunications-encourages-passing-bac-ii-students-to-learn-digital-technology-skills/
Hospital after school
A rowdy 8-year-old boy has accused his teacher of hitting him over the head with a small whiteboard during class on Thursday, leaving him with a bloody head wound. Sok Kim Heng said yesterday that he spat on another student and, in return, his teacher whacked ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hospital-after-school
PM: Grade 12 exam still on
Public and private educational institutions across Cambodia reopened their doors on November 1 after being closed since March due to the Covid-19 pandemic, while Prime Minister Hun Sen made it clear that high school diploma exams would be taking place this year and students will ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-grade-12-exam-still
Military officer forced to give public apology
A Kampong Thom provincial military police officer is being forced to issue a public apology to Kampong Thom High School teachers after he cursed at them for instructing his daughter to change her clothes to match the school uniform. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093739/military-officer-forced-give-public-apology/
Education ministry orders school shut down for ASEAN Summit
Public and private schools in Phnom Penh have been ordered to shut for three days from November 10 to 12 to reduce traffic in the capital to pave the way for VIP convoys during the upcoming ASEAN summit. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/education-ministry-orders-school-shut-down-for-asean-summit
Council of ministers official slaps schoolgirl
A Council of Ministers official was arrested in Phnom Penh on Wednesday after he showed up at his daughter’s high school and slapped her classmate following a fight between the two teenagers, police and witnesses said Thursday. ...
Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/council-of-ministers-official-slaps-schoolgirl-87243/
GIZ project to support local SMEs
German international development organisation Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts met this week to explore ways of facilitating import and export activities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as part as the Integration Support Project Asean plus Cambodia ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/giz-project-support-local-smes
Stopping outflow: New private school licensing halted to address teacher exodus
Minister of Education, Youth, and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has decided to temporarily suspend the setting up of new private educational institutions, especially in Phnom Penh, while studying how teacher migration to these establishments is affecting the quality of public schools. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1351935/stopping-outflow-new-private-school-licensing-halted-to-address-teacher-exodus/
Capacity development deal for information and customs officials signed
The Royal School of Administration, the Ministry of Information, and the National Customs School have signed memorandums of understanding for a joint effort in human resources development. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501396100/cambodia-welcomes-more-investment-from-japan/
Phnom Penh school has terrorist ties, Diplomat says
Turkey’s ambassador to Cambodia alleged on Monday that a top international school in Phnom Penh is overseen by the “terrorist organization” behind last week’s thwarted coup in Turkey—prompting a threat of legal action by the school. ...
Michael Dickison
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penh-school-has-terrorist-ties-diplomat-says-115595/
Vendors square off with school principal
Vendors ousted from the grounds of Hun Sen Borey 100 Knorng Secondary School in Phnom Penh have accused the acting principal of corruption, including selling almost $2,000 worth of state property and forcing students to pay up to $100 to transfer to the institution. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vendors-square-school-principal