PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Impoverished Cambodia plans to build a 1,820-foot (555-meter) skyscraper, its prime minister said Wednesday, a feat that would give one of the region’s least-developed capitals the tallest building in Asia. Prime Minister Hun Sen said he had approved a master plan for the skyscraper, which would be located about half a [...]
Editor’s note: Katherine Belida is a member of Language Corps and is traveling to Cambodia to teach English. Belida holds a Bachelor of Art in Sociology from the University of Maryland. When she was six years old, from 1993 through 2000, she lived with her family in Kenya and South Africa, where her father worked [...]
A Cambodian professor in the state of Hawaii has been given a distinguished award for the creation of a Khmer-language program there. Chhany Sak Humphry was awarded the Regent’s Medal for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Hawaii for her work building the language program over nearly 25 years, said John Mayer, director of [...]
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 [...]
Founded on the belief that promoting revenue transparency in resource-rich countries is one of the fundamental building blocks for sustainable economic growth and poverty alleviation, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) [1] was launched in Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002. EITI aims to improve governance in oil, gas, and minerals-rich [...]
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 [...]
In response to weaknesses in its public expenditure management system, the Royal Government of Cambodia initiated in 200 of the Priority Acton Program (PAP), which was intended to delivery resources t front line service delivery units in the priority sectors in a timely manner. To assess the impact of that system a Public Expenditure Tracking [...]
Primary school teachers in Svay Rieng province have demanded full payment of overtime wages for Thursdays, traditionally a day of no primary classes in Cambodia, alleging years of delay, reported newspapers January 3. A primary teacher who teaches on Thursdays should receive 10,000 riel (about US$2.5) in overtime wages as stipulated by the Ministry of [...]