Ministry facing teacher shortage
Less than a week away from the start of the new school year, the government is short on teachers. Every year, the government struggles to recruit enough instructors to keep pace with enrollment rates and replace those who have retired, left teaching or passed away. The shortage is particularly acute at the primary school level, where the average student-to-teacher ratio ranks worse than any country outside of Africa. This year, just 4,739 new recruits are slated to join the public school ranks, shy of both the Education Ministry’s goals and international standards. …
Laignee Barron and Pech Sotheary
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