Schools to be reopened in ‘three stages’
With guidance from Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, is in the process of reopening schools in three stages. But no timeline has been set, ministry spokesperson Ros Soveacha said on Thursday. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/schools-be-reopened-three-stages
Education ministry’s reform strategies to improve the quality of teachers
While celebrating this year’s World Teachers’ Day on October 5, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) offered its gratitude and sincere thanks to all teachers in Cambodia and beyond for their efforts in enhancing the quality of education for all students. ...
Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministrys-reform-strategies-improve-quality-teachers
Directive on work conditions issued
The Ministry of Commerce together with the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has issued a joint directive on the implementation of the Better Factory Cambodia (BFC) project in export-oriented factories in the textile, garment and travel goods and bags sector. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50782279/directive-on-work-conditions-issued/
Press Release on minimum wage determination for workers in textile, garment and footwear sector for 2021
On 10 September 2020, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training issued a press release on a monthly minimum wage for 2021. Prime Minister Hun Sen has decided to add $2 on top of $190 bringing the total to $192 per month for the minimum ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Students to learn info on human trafficking
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and the secretariat of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) have cooperated to incorporate human trafficking-related lessons into the primary school and high school level curriculum next year. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/students-learn-info-human-trafficking
Announcement on the provision of allowances to garment and tourism workers whose employment contracts have been suspended
On 11 March 2021, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training released an announcement on the provision of allowances to 3,905 workers of factories in garment and tourism sectors whose employment contracts have been suspended in line with the third round of the Royal Government’s ...
Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training
Press release: Cambodia, Sweden and UNICEF Unite to protect the education of children whose schools have become quarantine centers
On 24 February 2021, Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and UNICEF are working together to urgently respond to the learning needs of students whose schools are currently being used as COVID-19 quarantine centres, including 13 primary schools, 18 lower secondary schools and ...
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
Ministries: Join BFC or lose export privileges
Two ministries on February 22 ordered factory owners and directors in the textile, garment, bag and travel-goods export sectors to register with Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) and obtain certification on working conditions. ...
Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ministries-join-bfc-or-lose-export-privileges
Youth job programme has nearly 400 openings
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has announced cooperation with three companies to provide nearly 400 job opportunities for the country’s youth, organised into a monthly job interview programme set to begin on February 17. ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/youth-job-programme-has-nearly-400-openings
Education programme for Out-of-School youths
Out-of-School youths and young adults who have not completed their lower secondary education can now do so with the launch of the 282 digitalised videos for teaching and learning for the Non-Formal Education Lower Secondary Equivalency (NFE-LSEP) programme. ...
Sen David
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50883812/education-programme-for-out-of-school-youths/
Minister focuses on early education
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron called on governments in the region to give priority attention to investment in early childhood care and development (ECCD) to achieve their sustainable development goals (SDGs). ...
Voun Dara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-focuses-early-education
Ministry imposes strict health measures for school reopenings
To prevent the Covid-19 pandemic from spreading after the reopening of schools throughout the country, the Ministry of Education has imposed strict health and safety measures for public and private schools to follow. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50935250/ministry-imposes-strict-health-measures-for-school-reopenings/
Ministry of Education postpones 12th grade exam to early next year
Ros Sovacha, spokesman for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, last night said that the 12th grade exam has been postponed from early December to early next year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/964680/ministry-of-education-postpones-12th-grade-exam-to-early-next-year/
New GMAC chairman elected to develop textile industry
The Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) held its 15th Annual General Meeting on Saturday to announce the results of work done during the last term and elect a new chairman and executive committee members for the 2022-2023 term. ...
Yin Soeum
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501007947/new-gmac-chairman-elected-to-develop-textile-industry/
Ministry urges on-the-job skill training for journalists
A senior Ministry of Information official urged journalists to take advantage of the information age by continuing to study and improve their skills. In depth, up-to-date knowledge is required to provide comprehensive information to the public, he said. ...
Orm Bunthoeurn
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-urges-job-skill-training-journalists
Ministry, USAID, UC Berkeley launch digital skills project
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the University of California, Berkeley – in collaboration with the Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports – launched a five-year digital skill development project with $15 million in USAID funding. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-usaid-uc-berkeley-launch-digital-skills-project
USAID Boosts Digital Training for Young
A $15 million USAID-funded initiative to give young Cambodians the skills to compete in the digital economy was launched on Feb. 23 by US Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy and Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron. ...
Sam Sopich
https://cambodianess.com/article/usaid-boosts-digital-training-for-young
Japan resumes recruitment of Cambodian workers, interns
Japan has resumed recruitment of skilled workers and interns from Cambodia from March 1, according to the Ministry of Labor. ...
Tin Sokhavuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501036859/japan-resumes-recruitment-of-cambodian-workers-interns/
Kampong Cham imposes private tutor ban for state teachers
The Kampong Cham provincial Department of Education, Youth and Sports has prohibited teachers from tutoring extra classes outside regular state hours. ...
Mom Kunthear
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-cham-imposes-private-tutor-ban-state-teachers
Cambodian children experience extensive “learning loss” during pandemic
Cambodia’s Ministry of Education and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday jointly revealed alarming new findings about learning loss experienced by Cambodian students during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501053580/cambodian-children-experience-extensive-learning-loss-during-pandemic/
