Education funds to get bump

The proposed 2015 education budget is inching upwards from last year’s funding, however it still falls short of internationally recommended minimums. Education is slated to take up a $396 million chunk of the $3.75 billion draft budget, which has yet to be approved by the National Assembly, according to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. Despite a $61 million bump from 2014, Cambodia’s 2015 education expenditure will still lag behind its ASEAN neighbours. …

Laignee Barron and Taing Vida
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