Cambodia

Access

As borders shut, Cambodian families struggle to survive in frontier city Poipet

Source: Southeast Asia Globe ~ Go to Original Article While Poipet sits less than five kilometres from Thailand’s Rong Kluea ...
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Fast books: The mobile libraries servicing isolated communities

Story Source: Phnom Penh Post ~ Go to Original Article Above: Ta Porng Nuy (not in picture) brings reading material ...
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Investing heavily in education

Story Source: Khmer Times ~ Go to Original Article The government has urged all stakeholders to invest heavily in human ...
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Children with Disabilities

Cambodia: Inclusive education helps children thrive

With support from the IKEA Foundation, 25 preschools in the urban poor areas of Phnom Penh have been targeted for ...
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In Cambodia, head teacher Bin Nou makes a difference

This is Bin Nou. She’s 35 years old. Nou is a head teacher at Ta Tum Primary school in Bantheay ...
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Ministry of Education eyes new departments

The Ministry of Education has proposed the creation of three new departments, including one for special education, a move applauded ...
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Emergency

Cambodia hopes to revolutionise its outdated education system

Cambodia must shed its long-standing – and outdated – allegiance to rote learning in favour of alternative teaching strategies, the ...
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Gender

Increasingly, Cambodian Women Seeking Higher Education Abroad

Cambodian women face many obstacles to success in education, including domestic violence and sexual violence, but an increasing number of ...
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5 Innovative Programs Investing in Girls’ STEM Education

Too many children today are not given the chance to fully explore their own curiosity, and girls especially are constrained ...
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Educating Young Women in Rural Cambodia

The women of Cambodia have made progress in education. From 2004 to 2012, the proportion of women to men in ...
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ICT in Education

A Village of E-books

The village of Tanou lies in a quiet corner of Cambodia, about 13 kilometers down a dusty road off National ...
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Books for Asia kicks off Let’s Read! Asia crowdfunding campaign to bring children’s digital library to Cambodia

This International Literacy Day, The Asia Foundation’s Books for Asia is launching a crowdfunding campaign to benefit the Let’s Read! ...
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Total Reading Approach for Children Project

Improving early grade reading among Cambodian children, “the mLearning application is not only an important component of TRAC, but it ...
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Innovative Financing

Educate A Child signs agreement with United World Schools to reach over 33,000 children in Cambodia, Myanmar and Nepal

Educate A Child (EAC), a programme of the Qatar based Education Above All Foundation (EAA), has signed a three year ...
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Education NGOs seek more funds for schools

NGOs tackling education issues in Cambodia yesterday launched a campaign urging the government to bump education spending to 20 per ...
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Learning Outcomes

Cambodia invests in the early years to build a strong foundation for learning

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 30 Oct 2018 | by: Liesbeth Roolvink, UNESCO | Story Source: GPE ~ Go ...
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Better data, better education in Cambodia

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 19 Oct 2018 | by: Latifah Azlan | Story Source: Khmer Times ~ Go ...
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Cambodia: Remedial classes give children a chance to dream

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 2016: With tears in her eyes, Reaksmey*, 13, recalled the time her mother was arrested due ...
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Mother Tongue

Multilingual education helps children in north east Cambodia to learn at school

Kratie Province, Cambodia, May 2017: By the time his first lesson begins at 7am, Grade 3 student Nelkea has already ...
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Language can unlock access to education. Here’s how.

It is early morning; Kratie is just waking up. Villagers are getting ready for their day, fetching water and preparing ...
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Ethnic Minority Children in the Cambodian Consortium for Out of School Children (CCOSC) project

Accessing education in north-east Cambodia is not an opportunity all children get to enjoy. Families and children face barriers including ...
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Partership

Fast books: The mobile libraries servicing isolated communities

Story Source: Phnom Penh Post ~ Go to Original Article Above: Ta Porng Nuy (not in picture) brings reading material ...
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Cambodia invests in the early years to build a strong foundation for learning

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 30 Oct 2018 | by: Liesbeth Roolvink, UNESCO | Story Source: GPE ~ Go ...
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Better data, better education in Cambodia

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 19 Oct 2018 | by: Latifah Azlan | Story Source: Khmer Times ~ Go ...
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Policy and Curriculum

Qatar pledges $13M in funding to help cut down dropout rates

Source: The Phnom Penh Post ~ Go to Original Article Qatar has signed off on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) ...
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Cambodia includes peace as a subject in its school curriculum

Story Source: The Independent (Singapore) ~ Go to Original Article Education on peace to be part of the Cambodian school ...
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Investing heavily in education

Story Source: Khmer Times ~ Go to Original Article The government has urged all stakeholders to invest heavily in human ...
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Private Sector

Japanese teen funds library for Cambodia school out of her pocket

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 11 Nov 2018 | by: HIROSHI TAKAMATSU | Story Source: The Asahi Shimbun ~ Go ...
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Cambodia charity Pour Un Sourire D’enfant asks Hongkongers to put smiles on children’s faces

It all started 20 years ago, seeing children scavenging for food at a rubbish dump in Cambodia. “We saw children ...
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Education In Action – Toolbox Training At Siem Reap

"Friends-International believes in developing strong working relationships and partnerships within relevant sectors of all countries we work in. Our CYTI ...
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Teacher

Cambodia invests in the early years to build a strong foundation for learning

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 30 Oct 2018 | by: Liesbeth Roolvink, UNESCO | Story Source: GPE ~ Go ...
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The story of Mother Home Cambodia, providing opportunities for rural children

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 9 Oct 2018 | by: Sotheary You | Story Source: VOA Cambodia ~ Go to ...
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Meet Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’: he runs a school where children pay for their education in recycled waste materials

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 12 Oct 2018 | by: South China Morning Post | Story Source: South China ...
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