I think you can get it.

Go as local as possible - ie where she is from as a child - the smaller the town/province the better. Find a family friend or someone she knew that works at the school. Let that person know she can study overseas and I think that for a small amount of money you'll find some documents get produced saying she got diploma in 2005.

Other alternative would be to show a diploma from a small private school in her town.... one that no longer exists.

Good luck

I sympathise with you chinesetakeaway.

About eight years ago I had a poor younger Cambodian female friend, yes, a woman who was a friend but not a girlfriend, who was stuck in a rut job-wise because she, like your example, had had reasonable schooling but had never completed year 12 of the 12 year education system. This same woman at circa age 28/29 wanted to undertake higher education but was totally locked out because she did not have the necessary end of year 12 certificate applicable to her year date of leaving the state schooling system.

Being poor, she asked me if I could assist her undertake her Baccalauret 11, I think it was called (In Australia we would call it Adult matriculation certificate - although this name may have changed). To obtain this, she had to complete and pass the final high school studies within a twelve month course. This virtually exhausted her as she had been away from schooling for quite a number of years and had a lot of educational catching up to do. But, by sheer hard work and application she just managed to fall over the pass mark for all subjects and was awarded her Baccalauret 11, and was then eligible to enrol for a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at a Phnom Penh University - which I paid for. Interestingly, once enrolled, she found it relatively easy to pass all of the work required in each semester even though her adult education had almost flattened her. She made normal rates of progress for her courses and graduated on time. She now holds a good government position and is in charge of others and with a good monthly salary. She has now made a very good marriage and remains in government employment.

Sadly, chinesetakeaway, I do not know any shortcuts to this process and as others have already posted, the current Minister for Education has put value and worth back in to educational certificates and not before time.

I am currently involved with assisting several very poor, but highly intelligent, young Cambodian females achieve close to their potential instead of just accepting and being locked in to their lot in life.

Good luck in assisting Mrs. chinesetakeaway.

OML

It's funny, but I've enrolled in a university in London in the past and for some other online accredited courses and never been asked for a HS or equivalent certificate.

Wouldn't know where it was at this stage tbh.