Social development
Education and training
NA requests continued Japanese support in capacity building of students
National Assembly President Khuon Sudary requested continued support from the Government of Japan in capacity building of students, especially the rural poor, as well as civil servants. ...
Cambodia, China to set up e-commerce training centre
Cambodia and China are discussing plans to establish e-commerce technical training centres or institutes in Cambodia amid the global boom of e-commerce. ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-china-set-e-commerce-training-centre
Vocational training for informal students increases
Some 10,499 students trained in various vocational skills last year, a rise of 2,229 people from the 8,270 informal students in 2021, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport said. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358574/vocational-training-for-informal-students-increases/
Minister spells out eight priorities for education sector
Hang Chuon Naron, Minister of Education, Youth and Sport, said that the four priorities set by the government and the four points set by the Ministry of Education will be the driving force for education reform in the seventh mandate. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501358567/minister-spells-out-eight-priorities-for-education-sector/
UNESCO enhancing digital literacy for ethnic minorities
UNESCO and Conserve Indigenous Peoples Languages (CIPL), an NGO, are collaborating to enhance access to media, information, and digital literacy among ethnic minority youth in Preah Vihear, Mondulkiri, and Ratanakkiri provinces. ...
Chea Sokny
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/unesco-enhancing-digital-literacy-ethnic-minorities
Neth Pheaktra: Ministry of Information to focus on institutional modernisation and media quality strengthening
Ministry of Information will focus on institutional modernisation, modern administration, and strengthening of quality of the country’s media through training and reinforcement of professional ethics in journalism. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501357131/neth-pheaktra-ministry-of-information-to-focus-on-institutional-modernisation-and-media-quality-strengthening/
Cambodia, India vow to strengthen cooperation in information dissemination and training of human resources in the field of information
This commitment was made during a working discussion between Neth Pheaktra, Minister of Information and Devyani Khobragade, Ambassador of India to Cambodia on the afternoon of September 6, 2023 at the Ministry of Information. ...
Chuon Naron pledges to further education reforms
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has reiterated the importance of developing Cambodia’s human resources, noting that the ministry remains committed to fostering cooperation with all relevant parties to hit the Kingdom’s educational reform targets. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chuon-naron-pledges-further-education-reforms
Chuon Naron pledges to further education reforms
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has reiterated the importance of developing Cambodia’s human resources, noting that the ministry remains committed to fostering cooperation with all relevant parties to hit the Kingdom’s educational reform targets. ...
Bor Pich Zelin
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/chuon-naron-pledges-further-education-reforms
Stopping outflow: New private school licensing halted to address teacher exodus
Minister of Education, Youth, and Sport Hang Chuon Naron has decided to temporarily suspend the setting up of new private educational institutions, especially in Phnom Penh, while studying how teacher migration to these establishments is affecting the quality of public schools. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1351935/stopping-outflow-new-private-school-licensing-halted-to-address-teacher-exodus/
High school top grads to be given priority in becoming teachers
High school graduates who win high scores on their exams can apply for teacher jobs, said the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1351936/high-school-top-grads-to-be-given-priority-in-becoming-teachers/
Cambodia's digital journey shows signs of growth
The number of students pursuing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors in higher education in Cambodia has increased in recent years, but the numbers still remain relatively low. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodias-digital-journey-shows-signs-of-growth
Sipar’s mobile library initiative gets Cambodian children reading
More than 15,000 Cambodian children and youths read books in seven target areas through their mobile library project last year, NGO Sipar reported. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348687/sipars-mobile-library-initiative-gets-cambodian-children-reading/
Digital learning in Ratanakiri to get drop-outs back to school
Plan International in cooperation with Ratanakiri’s provincial department of Education, Youth and Sport conducted teaching sessions for 5,400 drop out students to attend school and access formal education through the project “Enhancing Quality Learning for Out of School Children in Northeastern Cambodia (EQUAL)” by accessing ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348210/digital-learning-in-ratanakiri-to-get-drop-outs-back-to-school/
Reforms improve education quality benefitting 500,000 students in Cambodia
Almost half a million students—52 percent of them girls have benefited from the improved school operations, learning facilities, and capacities of teachers and school leaders this project yielded. The project also formed the backbone of the country’s distance teaching and learning program or efforts during ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348492/reforms-improve-education-quality-benefitting-500000-students-in-cambodia/
TR, ACLEDA join hands to boost human resources
The Trust Regulator (TR) and ACLEDA Institute of Business (AIB) on Friday signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to improve and develop human resources in the field of the trust sector across all learning institutions in Cambodia. ...
Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346749/tr-acleda-join-hands-to-boost-human-resources/
Updated Khmer dictionary to be launched in October
An update to the Khmer dictionary with 44,697 new words will be released by the National Council for the Khmer Language in October. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/1346590/updated-khmer-dictionary-to-be-launched-in-october/
MISTI’s STEM guidebook for students choosing higher education degrees
THE Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI) provides a free PDF Science, Technology and Innovation guidebook to students looking to choose a higher education degree involving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Cambodia. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346587/mistis-stem-guidebook-for-students-choosing-higher-education-degrees/
More than 400,000 students benefit from World Bank education project
More than 400,000 Cambodian students are benefiting from expanding educational opportunities availed through the World Bank-funded Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP) that focuses on the construction of new school buildings, modern facilities and training teachers for capacity building. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346582/more-than-400000-students-benefit-from-world-bank-education-project/
Ministry of Education and UNICEF review Cambodia Education Development Plan 2023
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, in collaboration with UNICEF, organized a consultative workshop on “Mid-Term Review of the Fourth Sustainable Development Roadmap 2023 on Education in Cambodia”. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501345324/ministry-of-education-and-unicef-review-cambodia-education-development-plan-2023/
Cambodian teacher wins top Thai award
A Cambodian teacher, Hay Chakrya, has been honoured with a prestigious accolade as the Princess Maha Chakri Award Foundation of Thailand recognised her as one of the finest teachers in the ASEAN region. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-teacher-wins-top-thai-award
Takeo school to host nation’s first Community Tech Centre
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) has selected a high school in Takeo province to open the first Community Tech Centre (CTC). The pilot project comes ahead of expansion into high schools nationwide. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501340852/takeo-school-to-host-nations-first-community-tech-centre/
CARE Cambodia provides hope for Indigenous culture and language in Cambodia
Nang Chhok* is nine years old. She attends a multilingual primary school in the O’chum district, Ratanakiri province, in Cambodia, where she learns in both Khmer and her Indigenous Krueng language. ...
Khmer Times staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501340283/care-cambodia-provides-hope-for-indigenous-culture-and-language-in-cambodia/
SDF implements 100 projects, trains 11,309
The Skills Development Fund (SDF), under Cambodia’s Ministry of Economy and Finance, has implemented 100 training projects in the last five years since its inception in March 2018, benefitting 11,309 workers. ...
Manoj Mathew
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501338655/sdf-implements-100-projects-trains-11309/