Cambodian School Educates New Generation of Social Workers
Cambodia has some 3,000 registered non-profit groups. Some work on highly sensitive issues such as violence against women and human trafficking. But there are few Cambodians formally trained for such work. That is now changing with the country’s first university-level degree program for social workers. When ...
More Bunong, Kouy, and Kroeung people have graduated from the university and returned to support their communities
Ms. Somart Sokhaii is Bunong. She is among a few indigenous people to have succeeded in her higher education with a bachelor’s degree in Laws. ...
Creating eco-friendly urban spaces
Meth Monthary, initiator of the ‘Initiative for Urban’ project, has gone from being a college student majoring in Architecture with knowledge of urbanization to launching a project regarding urban development and real estate after realizing that home gardening for eco-housing plays a key role in ...
Meas Molika
https://kiripost.com/stories/creating-eco-friendly-urban-spaces
PM calls on all universities to pay attention to quality
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, has appealed to all universities, both public and private, to do their best to improve the quality of education to suit with the graduates’ abilities and degrees. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501227960/pm-calls-on-all-universities-to-pay-attention-to-quality/
Belgium steadfast in support for Cambodian students
The Government of Belgium is providing scholarship support for Cambodian students wishing to pursue master’s and doctoral degree programmes at some of Belgium’s most renowned universities. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501375054/belgium-steadfast-in-support-for-cambodian-students/
Health exam committee targets fake certificates
Cambodia’s national examination committee is set to crack down on applicants using fake high school certificates for health sector degree exams. ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-exam-committee-targets-fake-certificates
AN Oudom
Data Research and GIS OfficerOudom is a Data Research and GIS Officer. His primary responsibilities include reviewing public domain documents for data collection and archiving. He is also responsible for updating and creating maps and information graphics based on publicly available data.Oudom holds an engineer’s ...
Higher education institutions instructed to enhance quality of doctoral training
The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport has observed a steady increase in the number of students pursuing PhD degrees and is taking steps to enhance the quality control of doctoral training. ...
Increasingly, Cambodian women seeking higher education abroad
Cambodian women face many obstacles to success in education, including domestic violence and sexual violence, but an increasing number of them are seeking higher education and more work skills.More than 50 percent of Cambodia’s population is female, and many see the new generation as a ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/increasingly-cambodian-women-seeking-higher-education-abroad/3086134.html
Google to map streets of capital, Angkor Wat
People around the world will soon be able to go online and view close-up pictures of Phnom Penh’s streets and the temples of Angkor Wat, Google representatives announced in Phnom Penh. Google Street View is using cars with special 360-degree panoramic cameras to collect the imagery. ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/google-map-streets-capital-angkor-wat
Rainfall still a month away, says ministry
The Ministry of Water and Meteorology has warned farmers of a rainfall shortage forecast to last at least another month, with average daily temperatures also forecast to remain above average. The announcement, issued on Monday, says that up until mid-July Phnom Penh, Kandal, Kampong Speu, Takeo, ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rainfall-still-month-away-says-ministry
Obama leaves with words of encouragement for girls
Following First Lady Michelle Obama’s three-day visit to Cambodia to promote her “Let Girl Learn” initiative, Cambodian officials say they hope for positive changes in girls’ education. Cambodia has nearly 1.5 million female students studying at primary and high schools, he said. But only 42 ...
Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1G1Ukem
US universities jointly hold largest-ever education fair in Cambodia
More than 30 U.S. colleges and universities jointly organized an education exhibition here Saturday, aiming to promote education ties between the two countries. “The fair is the largest-ever event directly promoting U.S. higher education opportunities to Cambodian students,” said a press statement from the U.S. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=200736
Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone, a platform for cross-border investment along the BRI
After graduating from college, Yue Xiduo, a man born in the 1990s, joined a tire company in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone, Preah Sihanouk Province, Cambodia. The man said he chose to work here because the special economic zone is an important project for a ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501331324/sihanoukville-special-economic-zone-a-platform-for-cross-border-investment-along-the-bri/
Banking on human resources
Acleda Bank, Cambodia’s largest bank, is morphing its existing training centre into a full-fledged educational institution, after obtaining a licence last month. The new institute will look to provide bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, with majors in finance and banking. The Post’s Sorn ...
Sorn Sarath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/banking-human-resources
Commune bosses 'need skill upgrade'
Speaking on Monday, Dr Touch pointed to an opposition CNRP policy of eliminating the Ministry of Rural Development and offering $500,000 dollars to commune chiefs to develop their local areas through projects such as road and bridge building. “We need commune chiefs who have studied to ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38908/commune-bosses--need-skill-upgrade-/
PM: Join hands to lift post-Covid economy
Leaders in the region and beyond must advance various forms of bilateral and multilateral cooperative relations, and join hands to create meaningful traction in economic recoveries for when the spread of the novel coronavirus eases to a significant enough degree, according to Prime Minister Hun ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pm-join-hands-lift-post-covid-economy
Announcement on the 2018 YSEALI regional workshop: protecting the Mekong delta environment
The U.S. Mission to Vietnam and the Resource Center for Community Development (RCCD), An Giang University seek candidates for the 2018 YSEALI Regional Workshop: Protecting The Mekong Delta Environment which will be being held from June 4-9, 2018.ASEAN citizens between the ages of 18 and ...
US Embassy