Ministries and other national bodies

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports

Calls for increased budget for school development

Members of civil society have called on the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport to increase the budget for development in schools by at least five percent to fix country-wide educational issues. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24320/calls-for-increased-budget-for-school-development/

Teachers’ homes to be made of illegal timber

Houses will be built for school teachers from illegally-felled timber seized by authorities, the Ministry of Education has announced, but before work can start on the new structures officials from the ministry have been asked to gather information on which schools need the houses the ...

Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23767/teachers----homes-to-be-made-of-illegal-timber/

Illegal timber to become school buildings

Cambodia’s schoolchildren could soon attend class in unusually luxurious buildings if Prime Minister Hun Sen has his way. Yesterday the premier granted the government’s entire stockpile of illegally-felled timber – some of which is highly sought after rosewood – to the Ministry of Education to ...

Ven Rathavong and Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23489/illegal-timber-to-become-school-buildings/

NGO transfers schools for blind, deaf to government

This week, 25 years after a Frenchmen created the first of five specialized schools for blind and deaf students, it is handing over the schools—plus the tools and expertise its staff developed over decades—to the Cambodian government. ...

Michelle Vachon
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-transfers-schools-for-blind-deaf-to-government-108648/

Licence duties go local

In its own decentralisation efforts, the Ministry of Education has delegated authority over the issuing of licences to pre-schools to provincial- and city-level education departments, Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron said yesterday. ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/licence-duties-go-local

Ambitious adult literacy campaign falls short of target

With less than three months left before the end of a campaign to boost adult literacy in Cambodia, enrollment in classes run jointly by the government and Unesco has dropped below 75 percent of the year-end goal, officials said Tuesday. ...

Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ambitious-adult-literacy-campaign-falls-short-of-target-96688/

Ministry of Education receives more than 100 complaints

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has received so far more than 100 complaints from students and students’ parents requesting the ministry to review the exam scores after they failed this year’s exam.   ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/ministry-of-education-receives-more-than-100-complaints-8976

Students head to ministry to appeal national exam scores

After the national high school exam results were released over the weekend—with about 56 percent of students passing—a number of those who did not make the grade headed to the Ministry of Education on Monday to submit official letters of complaint. ...

Mech Dara and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/students-head-to-ministry-to-appeal-national-exam-scores-94215/

Education ministry gives 30 days for challenging national exam result

The Ministry of education, youth and sport announced today that parents, exam attendees and other relevant people can protest with the high school exam’s result released over the weekend within 30 days. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/education-ministry-gives-30-day-for-challenging-national-exam-result-8951

Education minister predicts an improvement in exam results

After thousands of teachers completed grading the grade 12 national exam on Wednesday, the education minister on Thursday predicted improved results compared to last year, when less than 25 percent of students passed the first round of the test. ...

Janelle Retka and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/education-minister-predicts-an-improvement-in-exam-results-93393/

Fine arts university relocation sparks concerns

A plan to move Cambodia’s oldest fine arts college is sparking concern among teachers, students and artists. Established in 1918, the university is considered the primary center of arts and culture education in Cambodia. ...

Socheata Hean and Sun Sokhen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/fine-arts-university-relocation-sparks-concerns/2934383.html

Cambodia’s 'no cheating in exams' policy is working

Cambodia’s education minister says this year’s effort to prevent final-year students from cheating on their exams worked well, and he is confident results will be better than they were for the class of 2014. Many pupils will be hoping the same, given that 60 percent ...

Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/education-minister-says-cambodia-no-cheatig-in-exams-policy-is-working/2932876.html

Hun Sen admires education reforms

Prime Minister Hun Sen admired the ministry of education for doing good job at education reforming during the national exam in the last two years.​ ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/hun-sen-admires-education-reforms-8891

Repeat test takers learn to manage expectations

Nam Meng Ang, 18, had little confidence in his ability to pass the grade 12 national exam this year—which determines which students get to enter university—having failed last year’s test, and the retake offered several weeks later. ...

Aun Chhengpor and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/repeat-test-takers-learn-to-manage-expectations-92536/

As exam nears, bribes replaced with tutoring fees

Beginning with last year’s Grade 12 national exam, the Education Ministry put a stop to the time-honored tradition of teachers taking bribes to allow students to cheat on the test, drastically reducing the passing rate among students and the profit-making potential for proctors. ...

Janelle Retka and Huot Chanpav
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-exam-nears-teachers-replace-bribes-with-tutoring-fees-92015/

New Education ministry ban comes under fire

The backlash began Wednesday against a new Education Ministry directive that bans political activities and unauthorized associations at academic institutions, with the country’s largest teachers’ union and various youth groups accusing the government of hypocrisy. ...

Mech Dara and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-education-ministry-ban-comes-under-fire-91534/

Ministry warns of punishment for political activity at schools

The Ministry of Education has issued a directive banning political activism or association at academic institutions, saying it will fine or shut down universities, post-secondary schools and student organizations that have engaged in or promoted political activity. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-warns-of-punishment-for-political-activity-at-schools-91454/

NGOs want Cambodia to provide accommodations for students during exam

Civil groups have urged Cambodian authorities to provide places for students to stay during the upcoming national high school graduate exam and prevent hotels and guesthouses from increasing room rates in all cities and provinces. ...

Chandara Yang
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/ngos-want-cambodia-to-provide-accommodations-for-students-during-exam-08112015162920.html

Minister says national exam costs are fair

With the Grade 12 national high school exam about two weeks away, a group of five NGOs sent a letter to the Ministry of Education on Monday asking the government to prevent guesthouses from hiking their prices for students who have to stay overnight in ...

Huot Chanpav and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-says-national-exam-costs-are-fair-91374/

China offers scholarships to 62 Cambodian students

Sixty-two Cambodian students have gotten annual scholarships for their bachelor’s and master’s degrees in various universities in China, according to Chinese News Agency (Xinhua).​​ ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/china-offers-scholarships-to-62-cambodian-students-8789

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