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
Disabled education lacking
In an internal report released this week, the Ministry of Education gave itself high marks for the access to education it offers disabled children, offering a rundown of successes in the field dotted with green checkmarks, not unlike a school report card. However, though the ministry ...
Rebecca Moss
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disabled-education-lacking
Ministries to push vocational training, starting in Svay Rieng
Starting next month, the ministries of education and labor will offer job counseling to students in Svay Rieng province as the first step in an effort to better match employment opportunities in the country with the skills of youth entering the workforce, the education minister ...
Maria Paula Brito and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministries-to-push-vocational-training-starting-in-svay-rieng-85638/
Striking teachers call for principal’s ouster
Teachers at a Takeo province high school who began striking yesterday said they will not return to work until the principal, who allegedly embezzled school budget funds, is removed. Nearly 30 of 50 teachers at Sok An Kdey Tontoem High School in Takeo’s Samrong district walked ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/striking-teachers-call-principals-ouster
'Geek’ girls prove technology is not just for boys
A small group of women technologists made the semi-final round of a global entrepreneurship competition recently, after designing a mobile app that could help farmers get better prices for their goods. ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/geek-girls-prove-tech-is-not-just-for-boys/2827698.html
Teachers press for missing bonuses
Nearly 150 teachers across five districts in Kampot province have signed a petition demanding the government pay them monthly rural posting bonuses they say are now nine months in arrears. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-press-missing-bonuses
Ministry defends pro-CPP speech at university
The Education Ministry on Monday defended a pro-CPP speech delivered to some 1,500 students at a university in Phnom Penh on Sunday, reasoning that the school did not breach the ministry’s new directive against political activity at academic institutions because classes had finished for the ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-defends-pro-cpp-speech-at-university-93048/
Student denies test bribe accusation
The former Battambang High School student who a local news website claimed earlier this week bribed education officials to secure a passing exam grade said yesterday that the certificate the website published is not his. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/student-denies-test-bribe-accusation
Labour Minister asks JICA to continue vocational technical training to boost Cambodia’s economic growth to 7%
Heng Sour, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, has requested the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Cambodia to continue developing human resources in technical and vocational Training to increase the momentum of Cambodia’s economic growth to 7%. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501361304/labour-minister-asks-jica-to-continue-vocational-technical-training-to-boost-cambodias-economic-growth-to-7/
Teacher’s association seeks permission for march with petitions
The Cambodian Independent Teacher’s Association (CITA) plans to celebrate this year’s Teachers’ Day on October 5 with a public display, with Phnom Penh authorities saying that permission may be granted depending on the circumstances. ...
Eng Reachny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-association-seeks-permission-march-petitions
Cambodia to provide training on technical skills for 1.5 million young people
Cambodia’s private sector hopes to provide vocational training on technical skills for approximately 1.5 million young people to supplement the country’s local skilled workforce, enhance capabilities, and reduce production costs shortly. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501395454/cambodia-to-provide-training-on-technical-skills-for-1-5-million-young-people/
Some 1,300 underprivileged students enroll at NPIC
Since the official launch of the technical and vocational training programme for poor and vulnerable youths last month, some 1,300 young people have enrolled at the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia (NPIC). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501412958/some-1300-underprivileged-students-enroll-at-npic/
Ministry of Labour and PSE agree to promote vocational training for young people
Heng Sour, Minister of Labour and Vocational Training, and Ms. Leakhena des Pallières, Managing Director of the PSE-Pour un Sourire d’Enfant, agreed to promote vocational technical Training to Cambodian youth to acquire specific skills for the job market. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501445525/ministry-of-labour-and-pse-agree-to-promote-vocational-training-for-young-people/
Announcement of the Ministry of Education on E-learning to assist student's education
On 13 March 2020, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport released a press release on online learning (E-Learning) to support students in grades 9 and 12 suspended studies at public and private schools in Siem Reap city, Siem Reap province to prevent the spread ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Research shows Cambodian entrepreneurship tendency
Ninety–nine per cent of Cambodians have a television set in their home, according to data compiled by Indochina Research. “We know everybody watches television,” said General Manager Laurent Notin. “Television is the most trusted media channel for Cambodians.” The saturation of television is only one of the ...
Criticism for Cambodia’s tax revenue
Cambodia’s tax revenue increased 16 per cent in the first half of this year compared to the corresponding period last year – a rise economists have attributed to improvements in the Kingdom’s economy. Critics, however, say it amounts to little compared to the national gross domestic ...
Wage Hike Leads To Rent Fears
Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun yesterday appealed to landlords with properties close to garment factories not to take advantage of the industry’s minimum wage increase by raising rent prices. The minimum monthly salary in the garment sector – Cambodia’s biggest export industry – officially ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051065555/National/wage-hike-leads-to-rent-fears.html
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 ...
Rights Groups File Lawsuit Over Land Meeting Breakup
Two local human rights groups filed lawsuits yesterday at the Ratanakiri Provincial Court accusing commune and village officials of defamation and intimidation after they disrupted land-rights training session last month. On July 26, a group of armed officials stopped Adhoc and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) ...
Workforce Must Improve to Compete in Asean Bloc
Cambodia’s workforce must quickly improve its skills base if it is to compete with other countries in the region when the Asean bloc becomes a single market in 2015, officials said yesterday at a seminar held in Phnom Penh. When the Asean Economic Community goes ahead in ...