‘New Voices’: Poor Education Hurts Economic Growth

Economic growth has a close correlation with the quality of education, and not its quantity, a graduate student at the University of Chicago says. ... While education for all has been introduced in Cambodia, more needs to be done toward offering equal access to quality education, she said. Meanwhile, parents who can afford it tend toward investment in higher education, while paying less attention to formative and mid-level education. ... Ear Sophal, a Cambodian-American analyst and author of “Aid Dependence in Cambodia,” said that the high number of higher education institutions in Cambodia may mean that there are too many. And that can hurt the quality, he said. Meanwhile, rampant cheating on exams, which is common across the country, further devalues the quality of education, he said. “So, I am not surprised at all the quality of schooling isn’t adequate for the jobs that are now required of young people in Cambodia,” he said.

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