Calls for unblocking of canals in P Sihanouk
<p>preah Sihanouk provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun called for those who filled in and constructed buildings over canals to remove anything blocking the vital drainage systems as flooding continues to impact the province. ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calls-unblocking-canals-preah-sihanouk
EU Under Fire for Policy Linked to Land Grabbing in Cambodia
<p>KAMpONG SpEU pROVINCE— Three years ago, pao had a farm and a charcoal stove near a stream in a community called Omlaing in western Cambodia. The farm gave her rice, charcoal sales gave her extra income and the nearby forest provided edible and medicinal plants.
pao ...p>
The Irrawaddy News Magazine Staff
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/44202
US University Prepares for Forum on Cambodian ‘Crossroads’
<p>Ohio University is poised to hold its sixth annual Khmer Studies Forum, beginning later this month.
Topics for discussion at the three-day conference include Cambodia’s current political climate, the Khmer Rouge tribunal, and the country’s art, media and culture.
The forum will be held at the ...p>
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-university-prepares-for-forum-on-cambodia-crossroads/1864080.html
Gov’t to aid students facing food insecurity
<p>The Ministries of Economy and Finance; and Education, Youth and Sport, will implement a food programme for 50,000 children in 205 target schools using community products. An announcement issued on January 23 and obtained by The post on Monday said the two ministries would implement ...p>
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-aid-students-facing-food-insecurity
Pilot training on map reading and using with high school teachers
<p>In March 2019, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) and the Department of Information Technology (DIT) of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) conducted an assessment workshop to collect inputs from high school teachers to understand the teachers’ knowledge and experience in map using and ...p>
RUPP seal Sweden’s $10M funding
<p>The Swedish Embassy in Cambodia signed a memorandum of understanding with the Royal University of phnom penh (RUpp) on Wednesday to fund a high-quality training and research institute. The agreement is worth in the region of $10 million for a four-year pilot phase focusing on ...p>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rupp-seal-swedens-10m-funding
Districts to be handed primary schools’ reins
<p>Beginning this year, the Education Ministry will hand over management of 625 primary schools, 4,874 teachers and over 170,000 students to 14 districts in Battambang as part of a new initiative to decentralise and improve primary education. The districts will also absorb the management of ...p>
Kong Meta and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/districts-be-handed-primary-schools-reins
Notification of the World Cleanup Day
<p>On 12 September 2018, the Ministry of Environment informs the World Cleanup Day which will be held on September 15, 2018 from 6:30 am to 11:30 pm. The Ministry of Environment collaborates with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Tourism, Let’s Do ...p>
Ministry of Environment
Ministry eyes ‘bridge’ to vocational training
<p>Deputy prime Minister Sok An requested yesterday that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports collaborate with the Ministry of Labour to create a vocational “bridge” program to enable students without high school degrees to have access to trade-based, university-level coursework. ...p>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-eyes-bridge-vocational-training
Food safety set to be in curriculum
<p>The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is set to finalise its draft national policy on student health, with food safety incorporated into schools’ curriculum throughout the country, according to a senior official at the ministry. ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/food-safety-set-be-curriculum
Dropouts to get online education scheme
<p>The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport is working in conjunction with Unesco and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training (MLVT) to launch an internet-based education programme for Cambodian youths in grades seven to nine who have dropped out of school. ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/dropouts-get-online-education-scheme
Government suspends sports clubs, all sports activities except those broadcasted on TV
<p>All sports activities and sports clubs have been asked to suspend their operations again in phnom penh, Kandam and preah Sihanouk provinces. ...p>
Former Cambodia governor jailed in absentia for shooting three factory workers
<p>A Cambodian court sentenced a former governor in absentia to 18 months in prison for shooting three female workers at a factory supplying sportswear giant puma, a judge said yesterday.
The women, employees of puma supplier Kaoway Sports, were wounded when someone opened fire on protesters ...p>
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1268733/ex-cambodian-official-convicted-absentia
Hun Sen knocks Obama visit
<p>prime Minister Hun Sen took aim at Michelle Obama yesterday, accusing the US first lady of making false promises, while suggesting her visit last weekend was more about hopeful rhetoric rather than implementing concrete improvements in the country’s education sector. ...p>
Tat Oudom and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/hun-sen-knocks-obama-visit
Education minister: no easing of anti-cheating campaign
<p>In a few weeks, Cambodian high school seniors will sit down to take the national college entrance exam. Last August, Cambodia’s Minister Hang Chuon Naron pulled off a revolution. He cracked down on cheating. pass and fail rates neatly flipped, with only 25 percent passing ...p>
Emmanuel Scheffer
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/11926/education-minister--no-easing-of-anti-cheating-campaign/
Primary schools in spotlight at funding talks
<p>Less than a week after Unicef announced that primary school enrollment in Cambodia had reached a high of 94.5 percent, government officials and foreign donors met Tuesday to discuss ways to improve the quality of the education those students are getting. ...p>
Maria Paula Brito and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/primary-schools-in-spotlight-at-funding-talks-85710/
Labour Ministry to failing students: Don’t despair
<p>Students who failed this year’s grade-9 and grade-12 examinations should not despair as the government has provided alternative options for those who want to continue their studies, a Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training official said. ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/labour-ministry-failing-students-dont-despair
Sar Kheng tells P Sihanouk governor to listen to NGOs
<p>Minister of Interior Sar Kheng has instructed preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min to accept input from the public and civil society organisations and create a working group to receive their requests and complaints. Speaking at the provincial hall on Monday, Sar Kheng said addressing ...p>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-tells-p-sihanouk-governor-listen-ngos
P Vihear families call on gov’t to stop logger
<p>After almost five years of alleged illegal logging in preah Vihear province’s preah Rokar community forest by a local businessman, more than 100 villagers yesterday petitioned the provincial authorities to shut down his handicrafts company.
The villagers say that the woodworking operation, owned by businessman Sar ...p>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/p-vihear-families-call-govt-stop-logger
Unesco: Teacher education to benefit 130,000 children
<p>Some 130,000 children, particularly the vulnerable, will benefit from the Strengthening Teacher Education programme in Cambodia (STEpCam), Unesco said on Tuesday. The UN agency said the initiative focuses on the role of teachers in building foundations in early learning, with the Ministry of Education, Youth ...p>
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unesco-teacher-education-benefit-130000-children
