Education
Chinese teachers arrive in Cambodia
Cambodia has welcomed the arrival of 12 Chinese teachers who will work for one year in six community schools, it has been reported.
An agreement between the Chinese government and the Association of the Chinese People in Cambodia (ACPC) means that the teachers will work in institutions in the country’s capital Phnom Penh.
The teachers’ arrival aims [...]
High school exam flimflam
Sometimes strict, sometimes lax are the comments about the precautions being taken at different centers where this year’s high school exams, which have been running for the past three days, are being held.
Heng Neang Ros, resident in Toul Kork’s Phsar Depo III commune, said, “I stand at the exam center of Yukunthor High School to [...]
Holiday excursion to Cambodia
WHILE most students in the Macleay Valley were enjoying their July school holidays at home, 22 students from Melville High School made the trip of a life time.
On Sunday, July 6, students, staff and friends representing Melville High School flew out of Sydney airport to Cambodia.
Most participants had never travelled overseas before, so there was [...]
Cheating Continues on Exam Week
As high school exams entered their second day Tuesday, students and controllers both say cheating, corruption and other irregularities plague the process.
Students pass money to teacher administrators, called controllers, to allow for cheating, copying and having answers checked by other students. Some students take tests for others. In some cases, students know the answers to [...]
In Cambodia, learning the lessons of graft
A proposed anti-corruption law gathered support in the run-up to Sunday’s election here, but bribery is still pervasive — starting with schoolchildren, who must pay their teachers for good grades.
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA — Before leaving for Chompovon Primary School on the outskirts of the capital, students say, their parents give them 10 to 15 cents [...]
First Female ‘Youth Leader’ Wins US Trip
Twenty one-year-old Sreang Lalune went through many challenging activities and competitions before emerging victorious in a US-funded Youth Leadership Challenge, receiving an award from the US ambassador to Cambodia, a special study trip to the United States.
Sreang Lalune, from Kampong Cham province, is a student at the Royal University of Phnom Penh in [...]
PM’s oldest son not to enter the political scene
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced in public that he will not allow his oldest son, Hun Manet, to step into the political career in July’s national election and he wants his son to do some charity works for him in the future, according to the Cambodia Daily.
At the meantime, Prime Minister cleared the rumor that [...]
Celebrating the two International children’s Days
Phnom Penh: More than 500 child representatives celebrated the 57th and 7th anniversary of two international days, International children’s Day (June 1) and International Child Labor Day (June 12) gathering in Samdech Hun Sen Park and the riverbank in Pnom Penh on June 3.
There are two theme features celebrating that day, firstly “Health care for [...]
Information Board to educate the public
Phnom Penh: Information Board will be placed in front of the provincial courts across the country in mid-July attempting to education the Cambodian people about the process of court rule.
USD 2 million will spend on the Information Board funded by the US Agency for International Development, which designed to strengthen Cambodia’s legal system.
The three points [...]
