Social development

Education and training

Students learn wildlife conservation benefits

Students in Kampong Thom and Siem Reap provinces last week learned that protecting wildlife can be beneficial to both local communities and the environment at a workshop hosted by the Wildlife Conservation Society. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114897/students-learn-wildlife-conservation-benefits/

Workers to be informed of their labour rights

The Labour Ministry will send more than 200 trainers to factories and relevant institutes to educate workers about labour rights. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Soeung Sarsochetta, secretary of state at the Labour Ministry, said 250 trainers from the Labour Ministry would go to factories, businesses ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50114377/workers-to-be-informed-of-their-labour-rights/

Students to get business training

The Ministry of Education has included a business training programme at 25 high schools across the country to give students the soft skills necessary to create their own jobs or find suitable jobs upon graduation. ...

Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50112833/students-to-get-business-training/

South Korea to train local educators

The Education Ministry plans to cooperate with the Ministry of Education of South Korea to help train teachers in Cambodia, specifically in new teaching techniques and on the subjects of science and mathematics. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/112235/south-korea-to-train-local-educators/

Japan funds education and health

The Japanese government yesterday provided grant assistance worth nearly $350,000 to support IT education for disabled young Cambodians, as well as the construction of hospital buildings in three provinces across the kingdom. The agreement was signed at the Japanese embassy in Phnom Penh yesterday afternoon between ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50108990/japan-funds-education-and-health/

Ex-CNRP teachers fired in Siem Reap, say move politically motivated

The Ministry of Education has fired four ex-Cambodia National Rescue Party members from their teaching jobs in Siem Reap province, according to a letter from Education Minister Hang Chuon Naron. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ex-cnrp-teachers-fired-siem-reap-say-move-politically-motivated

France grants $50 million in aid and loans to Cambodia

The French government has provided $50.9 million as grant aid and loans to Cambodia for clean water and hygiene in the provinces and to enhance capacity in the education sector.According to a statement from the Finance and Economy Ministry on Wednesday, the French government granted ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50104242/france-grants-50-million-in-aid-and-loans-to-cambodia/

Ministry eyes school discipline

The Ministry of Education late last week instructed provincial education departments to tighten their management of schools and to discipline teachers who are failing to live up to their responsibilities.  ...

Kong Meta and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-eyes-school-discipline

Garment factory literacy classes expanded

The Ministry of Education is to expand literacy classes for garment workers to more than 12 provinces where factories are located this year, with more classes planed for the whole nation by 2020. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102211/garment-factory-literacy-classes-expanded/

Teacher training video released

The Education Ministry has produced a short video and posted it to its YouTube channel to help teachers educate students in grades one to three. The video, which runs less than 20 minutes, shows methods of teaching Khmer literature, mathematics and other subjects. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101660/teacher-training-video-released/

Government to add new kindergartens

The Ministry of Education plans to incorporate an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 community-based kindergartens – currently run by commune councils with support from NGOs – into the state public school system to ensure their sustainability, according to a new sub-decree. ...

Niem Chheng and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-add-new-kindergartens

Japan grants cash for teacher schools

Japan has granted about $28 million in aid for the construction of teacher education colleges in the kingdom. The signing ceremony took place yesterday at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. ...

Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5097270/japan-grants-cash-teacher-schools/

Success of project to get marginalised children into classrooms lauded

Four years ago, a consortium of NGOs in Cambodia identified 57,000 marginalised children who, for various reasons, were not attending school, and put them into classrooms. Today, more than 90 percent of them are still attending classes, an achievement lauded during the Cambodia Consortium for ...

Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/success-project-get-marginalised-children-classrooms-lauded

US to fund project preserving clothes of S-21 victims

The United States Embassy has pledged $55,500 to the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts in part to preserve the clothes worn by victims of atrocities at S-21 prison. ...

Cindy Co
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-fund-project-preserving-clothes-s-21-victims

Military officer forced to give public apology

A Kampong Thom provincial military police officer is being forced to issue a public apology to Kampong Thom High School teachers after he cursed at them for instructing his daughter to change her clothes to match the school uniform. ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5093739/military-officer-forced-give-public-apology/

Ratanakkiri embraces e-learning

The government is urging parents to use technology, such as e-learning apps for smartphones and tablets, to improve the reading skills of children.​   ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5089712/ratanakkiri-embraces-e-learning/

Government proposes $6B budget for 2018

The Council of Ministers on Friday approved a national budget for next year that calls for more than $6 billion in spending, the largest increase ever proposed for the Kingdom, with big boosts for education, defence and the arts. ...

Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-proposes-6b-budget-2018

Japan to open elder care training centre

A new centre will launch in April 2018 to train Cambodian migrant workers to work with elderly people in Japan. On Tuesday, Minister of Labour Ith Samheng said the Japanese company Procast Asia would establish the centre. ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5087827/japan-open-elder-care-training-centre/

Agriculture scholarships to help nurture local talent

A new agriculture scholarship and research grant were launched yesterday with the aim of nurturing local expertise by providing students opportunities to pursue graduate degrees and conduct research. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5086816/agriculture-scholarships-help-nurture-local-talent/

English classes extended to Grade 6

The Education Ministry has decided to include English classes in the curriculum of primary schools from Grade four to six to ensure students have a foundation to continue learning at secondary school. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085108/english-classes-extended-grade-6/

Teacher retirement age and salaries bumped up

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday announced that the government plans to extend the retirement age for teachers by five years to 65-years-old in order to maintain stability in the number of teachers. ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084879/teacher-retirement-age-salaries-bumped/

Teachers’ wage rally blocked

On the same day that Prime Minister Hun Sen gave a speech touting salary increases for teachers ahead of next year’s national election, about 20 Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) members were blocked from having a peaceful demonstration seeking just that. ...

Ben Sokhean, Yon Sineat and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/teachers-wage-rally-blocked

Public library unveiled in Kampong Speu

A library funded by the Chinese government and charitable donations opened to the public this weekend in Kampong Speu province’s Cbarmon district. ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084239/public-library-unveiled-in-kampong-speu/

Schools to teach financial literacy

Financial literacy as a school subject to increase students’ knowledge about money will be introduced nationwide through the first phase of the Cambodian School Curriculum Project, with the Ministry of Education collaborating with the National Bank of Cambodia, Asian Development Bank, Good Return and the ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083840/schools-teach-financial-literacy/

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