Striking teachers to be taught a lesson

8 January 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Education and training / Education policy and administration / Government / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports / Social development
Cambodian Independent Teachers Association / CITA / Rong Chhun

As teachers in several provinces continue to strike over low wages, the Ministry of Education declined to say yesterday whether it would follow through on threats to enact harsh punishment on those who have walked. In a statement issued on Friday and obtained yesterday, Pin Chamnarn, acting Minister of Education, warned any teacher or education official who violates the code of ethics and education law by striking would “be fined and ordered to pay from one to five millions riel”. …

 Khouth Sophak Chakrya
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