Textbooks arriving COD, NGOs claim
<p>School textbooks paid for by the Asian Development Bank have been routed to district education offices, some of which are charging schools for books that are supposed to be free, an NGO investigation has found.
The textbooks on Khmer literature, maths, geography, morality and science were ...p>
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/textbooks-arriving-cod-ngos-claim
New model education guidelines established
<p>Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron urged expert departments to enhance the model school support group’s effectiveness. ...p>
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-model-education-guidelines-established
Manet highlights importance of moral education from young age
<p>The education system in Cambodia should not only provide knowledge but also impart virtues, morality and positive behaviour starting from kindergarten, said prime Minister Hun Manet. ...p>
Kim Yutharo
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/manet-highlights-importance-moral-education-young-age
Announcement on the resumption of regular school hours
<p>Following an announcement to reduce school hours during the hot season, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport on 05 June, 2019 has announced the resumption of regular school hours after rainy season has started. The following are the regular hours:In the morning, classes start ...p>
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Ministry cuts school hours amid severe heat wave
<p>With the country grappling with drought and soaring temperatures, the Ministry of Education issued a directive on Monday cutting the amount of time students sit in sweltering classrooms for the remainder of the hot season. ...p>
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-cuts-school-hours-amid-severe-heat-wave-112071/
Press release: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport will host the annual Global Child Nutrition Forum (GCNF)
<p>The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of Cambodia (MOEYS) will host the annual Global Child Nutrition Forum (GCNF) organized by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) and the UN World Food programme Centre of Excellence against Hunger (WFp CoE), which will be held from ...p>
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Educational reforms unveiled
<p>Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron said reforms to the education curriculum is aimed at raising its standards and quality to compete with countries in the region that exhibited better academic performance. In a lecture to trainee teachers at the National Institute ...p>
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/educational-reforms-unveiled
Minister sets down exam rules
<p>The Education Ministry plans to spend nearly $5 million on the national high school exam this year. Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron said yesterday that the ministry spent about $4.8 million preparing for the national exam every year. ...p>
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507433/minister-sets-down-exam-rules/
Fewer school hours to beat the heat
<p>With temperatures reaching more than 40 degrees Celsius, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced on Thursday that it was amending school study hours to lessen the risk of illness for teachers and students, particularly those at kindergarten. ...p>
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fewer-school-hours-beat-heat
Schools to offer career guidance
<p>As part of ongoing education reforms, a new curriculum set to be implemented in 2018 will address the lack of career counselling in high schools across Cambodia, a Ministry of Education official told attendees of an education forum yesterday. ...p>
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schools-offer-career-guidance
Ministry reveals action plan goals
<p>The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has set goals for its fourth phase of action plans to meet Sustainable Development Goals based on the principles of quality, equity, inclusiveness and lifelong learning by 2030. Ministry spokesman Dy Kamboly spoke of the goals during a ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-reveals-action-plan-goals
Bank sector at risk: S&P
<p>The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) lacks the resources to enforce regulatory standards and bail out underperforming banks during times of need, credit ratings agency Standard & poor’s says.
Cambodia’s banking sector was labelled high-risk, with a score of nine out of 10 on S&p’s2014 Banking ...p>
Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/bank-sector-risk-sp
Horrific state of P Speu revealed
<p>Beneath a tree in phnom penh’s remote prey Speu Social Affairs Centre – a de facto prison used to indefinitely incarcerate some of the capital’s most vulnerable citizens – a woman yesterday chanted loudly before bursting into tears and then laughter.
Like many others at the ...p>
Sen David and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/horrific-state-p-speu-revealed
Gender gains lacking: report
<p>Cambodian women are bumping up against a steadfast glass ceiling, according to an annual report by the Cambodian National Council for Women.
The report, released yesterday, tracks what the government has done to execute the prime minister’s 16 recommendations regarding women’s access to and engagement in ...p>
Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gender-gains-lacking-report
Gov’t to examine Vietnamese grave site on Bokor mountain
<p>In the coming weeks, a task force composed of officials from the ministries of tourism, religion, culture and education will lead an expedition to a remote patch of forest on Kampot province’s Bokor Mountain where Vietnamese tourists pray, the education minister said Monday. ...p>
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-examine-vietnamese-grave-site-on-bokor-mountain-79352/
Cruise Ship Arrivals Dip 31% in First Half
<p>The number of visitors arriving by cruise ship in Sihanoukville dropped steeply in the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year, a Tourism Ministry official said yesterday. A lack of attractions in Sihanoukville and high visa fees were keeping ...p>
Trafficker gets 10 years
<p>The manager of Giant Ocean International, a now-defunct recruitment firm notorious for abuse scandals, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in jail for trafficking hundreds of Cambodian fishermen to work in slave-like conditions overseas.
Taiwanese national Lin Yu-shin, who ran the firm, was arrested in May ...p>
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/trafficker-gets-10-years
Malaysia workers reject wage deal
<p>Cambodian garment workers at a factory in Malaysia that supplies major international brands were on strike for a third day in a row yesterday, refusing an agreement on accommodation and demanding higher salaries.
Representatives of the workers at the Honsin Apparel Sdn Bhd factory in Jahor ...p>
Companies Urged to Respect Labor Standards
<p>Respecting labor standards in Cambodian factories will benefit the garment manufacturing industry in the long-run as more international brands will be tempted to source from the country, labor experts said yesterday at a round-table discussion in phnom penh. ...p>
Ministry conducts Digital School training
<p>The education ministry’s Information Technology Department conducted a recent training course for 200 high school teachers, in order to enhance their use of online teaching resources. ...p>
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-conducts-digital-school-training
