A dream of going back to school has come true for 23-year-old Van Sarem. Now she sits in the front row of her grade 8 class at a new secondary school in Sre Ang Krong commune by the Se San River in Ratanakiri province, excited and delighted to be back learning after a five-year absence [...]
The scholarship program is very important for students to push themselves to study hard and to improve education for all in Cambodia. A group of students we spoke to who had received scholarships all said the scholarship program provided the best opportunity for them to further their education and made it much easier for them [...]
Chan Srey Lin, an 8th grade student at Tropang Chres secondary school, enjoys studying in her new Subject-Based Classroom. “I like studying in a subject-based classroom because it is a friendly and good environment. It is easy for me to learn and to absorb what our teachers tell us.” The subject-based classroom is a part [...]
Challenge: Keeping children – particularly poor children – in school beyond the first few grades of primary school, the quality of teachers and the large student teacher ratio (49.7:1 in primary school) are the most significant challenges. Policies that attract children to school at the proper enrolment age and policies that attract, retain, develop, and [...]
The Cambodia Education Sector Support Project (CESSP), which is supported financially by the World Bank, has been implemented by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport for four years. The World Bank Cambodia monthly Newsletter interviewed H.E. Ou Eng, CESSP Project Manager, on the project’s achievements and the challenges it faces. Please could you let [...]
Meas Sokhunthea, a shy 8th grade student at Preah An Kosa secondary school in Siem Reap town, has wanted to be a teacher since she was a little girl. “With the scholarship that I’ve been given and my mom’s strong support for my studies, I believe I will reach my goal,” she said. Sokhunthea is [...]
In a classroom of seventh-grade students divided equally between girls and boys, Tim Sophanny, a 30-yearold teacher at Sre Preah Secondary School in Keo Seima district of Mondulkiri, is writing the lesson on a dark-green board with one hand while covering her nose with the other to avoid inhaling chalk dust. She turns to her [...]
A Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) grant agreement for the Mainstreaming Inclusive Education project, designed to improve the quality, accessibility and relevance of basic education in six rural provinces of Cambodia, was signed September 13, 2005 by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), the World Bank and Voluntary Service Overseas Cambodia (VSO). The $1.8 [...]
Nearly 200 school-age children in two remote villages of Phom Preuk district in Battambang province are facing a dire future of illiteracy due to poverty, land conflicts and school shortages, according to local education officials, RFA reported Apr 10. A representative of 115 families residing in Terk Chenh Thom and O Sra Lav villages in [...]