Krousar Thmey to Be Integrated Into the Education Ministry

13 December 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Education and training / Education policy and administration / Government / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports / Social development
Chan Sophea / Herve Roqueplan / Krousar Thmey / Ministry of Education / National Workshop on Inclusive Education

Krousar Thmey, the country’s pre-eminent NGO working to educate disabled children, is in the process of being integrated into the Education Ministry, the company’s director and government officials confirmed Thursday. Speaking on the sidelines of the National Workshop on Inclusive Education, Herve Roqueplan, director of Krousar Thmey, which was founded to educate children in refugee camps at the Thai border in 1991, said the NGO had a clear exit strategy. … In a speech to mark Interna- tional Human Rights Day and International Persons With Disability Day on Tuesday, Prime Minister Hun Sen also said that the Education Ministry must take responsibility for maintaining Krousar Thmey’s 23 years of good work. “If not, when Krousar Thmey organization leaves, this work will be dissolved…totally,” Mr. Hun Sen said. Chan Sophea, director of the ministry’s education Department, affirmed Mr. Hun Sen’s views Thursday and reiterated the government’s commitment to reach the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goal on primary education. …

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