Education boost needed: PM

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday encouraged Cambodia to pick up the slack on its higher-education system in order to bolster the country’s economic competitiveness. “Training human resources is necessary to developing the labour market and encouraging investments,” the premier said during the Royal University of Law and Economics’ graduation ceremony in the capital yesterday. The prime minister has previously spoken up about the low-standards in the higher-education sector, commenting to the National Education Congress that some Cambodian master’s and PhD students are unable to so much as type on computers. …

Chhay Channyda and Laignee Barron
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