New model education guidelines established
Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron urged expert departments to enhance the model school support group’s effectiveness. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-model-education-guidelines-established
Disgruntled nursing students petition Parliament
About 20 nursing students from the privately run International Science Institute petitioned the National Assembly on Wednesday to demand action against their school, which they claim is unlicensed and providing them with a substandard education. The school opened in 2012 and currently has about 160 students, ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/disgruntled-nursing-students-petition-parliament-76907/
Few leopards in Cambodia: report
A new study has revealed that the last breeding population of leopards in Cambodia is at immediate risk of extinction after declining a staggering 72 percent over a five-year period. The population represents the last remaining leopards in all of eastern Indochina – a region that ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112025/leopards-cambodia-report/
Insurance Institute To Boost Skills in Kingdom
An insurance training centre is being planned in Cambodia to develop local expertise lacking in the Kingdom’s nascent insurance industry. The institute hopes to offer diploma courses to industry leaders here so they in turn will be qualified to provide insurance training to others, such as ...
Meaning of valentine’s day lost in translation, minister warns
With Valentine’s Day just days away, the Ministry of Education on Tuesday entreated the nation’s teachers to put their students through a crash course to dispel what it believes is a widely held misconception among Cambodian youth that the holiday is a pretext for sex. ...
Degrees of change in the air
Public and private universities are experiencing an exponential rise in the number of students opting for two-year associate degrees rather than four-year bachelor’s programs following last year’s disastrous high school exit examinations, education officials said yesterday. ...
Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/degrees-change-air
Exam pass rate increases
The number of students who passed Cambodia’s high-stakes grade-12 exam saw only a slight increase this year, signalling that scores may be plateauing after an overhaul to weed out rampant cheating in 2014. ...
Soth Koemsoeun and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/exam-pass-rate-increases
Imprisoned activist Seng Theary ends ten-day hunger strike
The imprisoned activist Seng Theary ended her 10-day hunger strike on Thursday after losing about 5 kilograms, according to her lawyer Jared Genser, following a June report from a UN working group that called for her immediate release. ...
Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/imprisoned-activist-seng-theary-ends-ten-day-hunger-strike/
Med students accuse uni of graft, gouging
The University of Health Sciences (UHS) rejected allegations from staff and students yesterday that their management is embezzling funds from the national medical exit examinations. On Tuesday, UHS staff and students accused the university of pocketing funds from the $125 exams that were held between February ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sarah Taguiam
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/med-students-accuse-uni-graft-gouging
Youth keying into digital economy
Southeast Asia’s youthful population is embracing the internet and rapidly connecting to the digital economy, creating enormous potential for economic growth throughout the region, panellists at the World Economic Forum on Asean said yesterday. Addressing a panel discussion on “The Asean Dream”, Kao Kim Hourn, the ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/youth-keying-digital-economy
Gov’t plans to improve STEM skills of students by 2030
The Government has vowed to improve student’s proficiency in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) skills as many students lack these key learning skills. ...
Yim Sreylin
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501209686/govt-plans-to-improve-stem-skills-of-students-by-2030/
HR forum sees role for digital technology
Business should embrace digital strategies that can improve the speed and efficiency of human resource management activities, speakers at a conference on the impact of digital transformation on human resources said yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hr-forum-sees-role-digital-technology
IMF trains Cambodian customs officers in investigation techniques
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has provided investigation training for officers of the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501520510/imf-trains-cambodian-customs-officers-in-investigation-techniques/
Sihanoukville to reopen five schools on September 13
Kouch Chamroeun, Governor of Preah Sihanouk Province, chaired a meeting to discuss the implementation of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports’ guidelines on teaching and learning in bulk for public educational institutions and Private in Preah Sihanouk Province, low risk, with the participation of ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50930508/sihanoukville-to-reopen-five-schools-on-september-13/
PM Hun Sen tells the Minister of Education to discuss with the capital-provincial Governors to choose schools that do not have Covid-19 to reopen again
PM Hun Sen tells the Minister of Education to discuss with the capital-provincial governors to select schools on sites that are not affected by the Covid-19 disease to reopen since the Kingdom has undergone vaccination process to kids aged from 12 to 18 for more ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.postkhmer.com/national/2021-08-31-1019-222713.html
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
Educators renew focus on STEM curriculum
Cambodian educators say they are working on improving studies in science, technology, engineering and math. ...
Hean Socheata
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/educators-renew-focus-on-stem-curriculum/3218002.html
DPM Dr. Hang Chuon Naron unveils priorities to promote public schools
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth, and Sports highlights priorities to advance the quality of public educational institutions under the 7th mandate government leadership. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501353577/dpm-dr-hang-chuon-naron-unveils-priorities-to-promote-public-schools/
Ministry issues warning over rabies vaccine
The Health Ministry on Saturday warned all pharmacies, hospitals and other health service providers to immediately stop selling a China-made rabies vaccine over concerns it was not manufactured according to strict guidelines. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/529499/ministry-issues-warning-over-rabies-vaccine/
MISTI, Japan and Thailand to enhance regional STI collaboration
Cambodia has launched the “Mutual Learning of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Coordination-Toyota Foundation” project to enhance the collaboration on STI coordination in the region. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501335213/misti-japan-and-thailand-to-enhance-regional-sti-collaboration/