Social development
Fostering gender balance for household and community benefits: The Women’s Empowerment Farmer Business School experience
Tok Khoun is the community leader of the Fishery Farm Conservation Trapeing Kouy in Santey Village, Dan Run Commune, Sonikhom District, Siem Reap Province. He is a producer and a community facilitator for the Women’s Empowerment Farmer Business School (WE-FBS). ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501350140/fostering-gender-balance-for-household-and-community-benefits-the-womens-empowerment-farmer-business-school-experience/
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
New PM proposes daycare centres and schools for factories
Prime Minister Hun Manet is urging stakeholders to plan and establish onsite community daycare centres, schools and cafeterias so the children of factory workers can receive care services and enjoy the opportunity to learn. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501351233/new-pm-proposes-daycare-centres-and-schools-for-factories/
Health Minister committed to improving doctors’ ethics
Chheang Ra, the recently-appointed Minister of Health, is committed to improving the ethics of doctors in Cambodia to provide better quality public and private health services and earn the people’s trust. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501350487/health-minister-committed-to-improving-doctors-ethics/
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/
UNICEF says air pollution responsible for 1 in 5 deaths among U-5 Cambodian children
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a statement on Saturday, saying air pollution is responsible for nearly one in every five deaths among children under five in Cambodia. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349596/unicef-says-air-pollution-responsible-for-1-in-5-deaths-among-u-5-cambodian-children/
Meas Sophorn appointed head of PM’s spokesperson unit
The new government led by Hun Manet has appointed Meas Sophorn, former spokesman for the Ministry of Information, as head of the Prime Minister’s Spokesperson Unit to convey Manet’s personal information, communicate with domestic and international media and issue statements. ...
Sok Raksa
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/meas-sophorn-appointed-head-pms-spokesperson-unit
New gov’t embarks on Pentagonal Strategy-I
Prime Minister Hun Manet yesterday announced the official launch of the Pentagonal Strategy–Phase I and the key measures for the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to be implemented in the next five years to transform Cambodia into a high-income economy by 2050. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348839/new-govt-embarks-on-pentagonal-strategy-i/
Cambodia’s new PM launches strategy to boost growth, maintain sustainability
Cambodia’s newly-elected Prime Minister Hun Manet on Thursday launched the “Pentagonal Strategy-Phase I 2023-2028” during the first cabinet meeting. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501349026/cambodias-new-pm-launches-strategy-to-boost-growth-maintain-sustainability/
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/
NSAF planning fresh initiatives
In 2024, new social assistance initiatives are set to launch, following the completion of several existing programmes under the National Social Assistance Fund (NSAF). ...
Chea Sokny
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nsaf-planning-fresh-initiatives
Insurance premiums rise to $81 million Q2
Despite the impact on incomes due to global economic uncertainties, the Kingdom’s insurance industry has performed well so far this year, with insurance premiums growing 6.3 per cent to $81.2 million in the second quarter of 2023 from $76.3 million in the corresponding period last ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/insurance-premiums-rise-81-million-q2
New govt planning more state aid
While fresh aid is being planned for the impoverished through the social security fund, the incoming administration will keep up the practice of giving allowances to expectant mothers and young children. ...
Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348213/new-govt-planning-more-state-aid/
Municipal Health Department provides 10 tonnes of Abate to prevent dengue fever
The Phnom Penh Municipal Health Department has donated 10 tonnes of Abate to local offices in Phnom Penh to prevent the spread of dengue fever in Cambodia. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348209/municipal-health-department-provides-10-tonnes-of-abate-to-prevent-dengue-fever/
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/
Pregnant women in K Thom benefit from micronutrients
Over 1,500 pregnant women at health centres in Kampong Thom province are showing positive results from a project led by Helen Keller International Cambodia. The project, supported by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Vitamin Angel Foundation, replaces iron supplements with multiple micronutrient ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pregnant-women-k-thom-benefit-micronutrients
National Primary School Games 2023: Kampong Chhnang province ranked 1st with 17 medals
The National Primary School Games 2023 was successfully completed Sunday evening after ten days of competitions. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501346945/national-primary-school-games-2023-kampong-chhnang-province-ranked-1st-with-17-medals/
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/