Cambodia and France exchange two MoUs on trade and education
Dr. Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Cambodia, presided over the opening ceremony of the three-day France-Cambodia Business Forum, held at the Sofitel Phokeethra Phnom Penh this morning. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501519296/cambodia-and-france-exchange-two-mous-on-trade-and-education/
National testing could widen
Cambodia may soon have new standardised exams to hold its students, teachers and education system accountable. “Everyone agrees that the improved enrolment rates in primary school is an accomplishment; at the same time, everyone also calls for quality-control improvement [which] means better testing,” said Jan ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-testing-could-widen
Grade 5 testing aims to cut learning gaps
Cambodia will join three other regional countries in carrying out standardized testing for grade five students as part of a pilot program that aims to improve primary school education in Asean, officials said this week. ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/grade-5-testing-aims-to-cut-learning-gaps-98543/
Hopes high for maid program
In one corner of the cavernous training centre, a woman patiently strips the baby blue sheets off a queen-size bed, removing the flower-patterned pillowcases and folding them neatly to one side. Under the watchful eye of an instructor, she then remakes the bed, carefully fluffing the ...
Kevin Ponniah and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hopes-high-maid-program
Unicef Says Girls’ Access to Education Limited
Despite progress having been made in recent years to improve girls’ access to education, there is still a gender-based inequality, particularly in rural areas, children’s rights experts said on the International Day of the Girl Child on Friday. “At the moment there is still a slight ...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unicef-says-girls-access-to-education-limited-44937/
Garment Factory Monitoring Needs to Improve
The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program must overhaul its monitoring practices before it can meaningfully improve working conditions in the garment sector, accoring to the authors of a new report. the new report by Community Legal Education Center and the Netherlands-based ...
FAO launches weeklong agricultural workshop
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has kicked off a weeklong provincial level training workshop to strengthen national capacity on analysis and interpretation of agricultural statistics and data. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501336038/fao-launches-weeklong-agricultural-workshop/
Road Built on School Land Draws Protest
The water company that sparked four days of protest in Prey Veng province last week has once again drawn criticism, this time from teachers in Kratie province, who say the firm is building a road across their school’s land. Forty-nine teachers at Preah Kossamak High School ...
Hun Sen seeks Chinese cooperation on human resource development
Prime Minister Hun Sen requested China’s cooperation on human resource development on Wednesday by collaborating with the Royal Academy of Cambodia and the ministries of Education, Youth and Sport and Labour and Vocational Training and boosting the sector. The request came during a meeting with ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-seeks-chinese-cooperation-human-resource-development
Project aims to make Phnom Penh school ‘center of excellence’
The Ministry of Education has given a local education NGO $370,000 and one year to implement a pilot project aimed at replacing a long list of informal payments required of students at a Phnom Penh high school with a merit-based payment system that rewards high-performing ...
Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/project-aims-to-make-phnom-penh-school-center-of-excellence-96350/
Internet to be introduced at 5,000 schools
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday announced an ambitious five-year plan with Metfone to provide internet access to 5,000 state education institutions across the country. ...
Samoeurth Seavmeng and Taylor O'connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/internet-to-be-introduced-at-5000-schools-115056/
NGOs point to mounting dropout problem
NGOs on Saturday aired their concerns about the possibility of a high school dropout rate, particularly in rural areas. The organizations said that government policies, lack of school facilities and unfavorable school environments are all factors leading young people to drop out. ...
Srey Kumneth and Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18904/ngos-point-to-mounting-dropout-problem/
Youths seek to create jobs
With different talents but similar passions, Small World is a small enterprise that brings talented young Cambodians together to learn, work and network in the new world of business. Small World is a collaborative workplace created to ensure that young people passionate about business have access ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012083158396/Business/youths-seek-to-create-jobs.html
Social Work to shape Kingdom
Social work, long-established in developed countries but unheard-of in Cambodia, could be set to change the face of child protection in the country as interest in the field grows. Last week, a hundred potential social workers from around the country came to Phnom Penh for an ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092558885/Lifestyle/social-work-to-change-cambodia.html
Cambodian education investor explains his turn to real estate
Chea Sokheng, general director of Arizon Group Ltd, a potential investor in Cambodia’s education and real estate sectors, said that investment in education is a main contributor to developing human resources and growth of the national economy. Though he mentioned the opportunity to invest in the ...
Cambodia Lacks Research Enough To Tackle Its Problems, Analysts Say
Not enough priority is given to research in Cambodia, threatening its long term development, economists and other experts say. Larry Strange, executive director of the Cambodian Development Research Institute, says the country cannot plan for major reform, build its economy, or reduce poverty without proper analysis ...
Alcohol a concern, say children
Though a bit young to be socio-political analysts, Cambodia’s children are major believers in the social value of education, are wary of the negative side effects of alcohol on their communities and place a high priority on honest government, a study released yesterday says. According ...
Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/alcohol-concern-say-children
Ministry will conduct unannounced inspections of schools
The Education Ministry will conduct random and unannounced inspections of schools across the country, targeting “low-hanging fruit” in its ongoing bid to clean up the education system, the minister said Tuesday. ...
Mech Dara and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-will-conduct-unannounced-inspections-of-schools-81143/
In Cambodia, English classes more popular than Chinese
In a small courtyard in downtown Phnom Penh sits the city’s oldest public school. Founded more than 100 years ago, Tuan Hoa features a Chinese temple and Mandarin language instruction for its 2,000 students. ...
Neou Vannarin and Colin Lovett
http://bit.ly/1GxFgI7
Students in Cambodia want to learn English
The oldest public school in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, is in a small courtyard downtown. The Tuan Hoa school has a Chinese temple and Mandarin language classes for its 2,000 students. But in Phnom Penh, Chinese usage is still behind English. This is true although ...
Neou Vannarin and Colin Lovett
http://bit.ly/1BgdqOf