Barred from exam, grade 12s protest

9 July 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Education and training / Education policy and administration / Government / Human rights / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports / Primary and secondary education / Social development
Hang Chhuon Naron / Hun Sen Taing Kork High School / Ministry of Education

Fifty-two students in Kampong Thom are blaming teacher favouritism and an inherently unequal system for preventing them from sitting the national exam and graduating this year. The students, from Hun Sen Taing Kork High School in Baray district, filed a petition to the provincial department of education requesting permission to sit the diploma-qualifying test on August 4 and 5 even though they failed their grade. ...

 Chhay Channyda
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