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I personally think this is another stupid idea that has not been thought out. These kids with no helmet now will have a good excuse to not go to school for the day. A better idea would be to not allow any student with a bike and no helmet to not take the bike out of the school grounds and to make them walk home.
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Duncan wrote: Tue May 01, 2018 11:39 am
Barang chgout wrote: Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:56 pm
StroppyChops wrote:I actually enjoy the fact that Cambodian kids think "HelloWhat'sYourName" is a standard greeting, and there's no hint of query in it.
....yelled at me yesterday as I rode through town...."Hello what your name, my name is! " Lol!

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Doing Away with Doctored PhDs
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Lim Tola 07/12/2019 12:42 PM

One may have a hard time believing that a country could be affected by an overabundance of people with advanced degrees. Researchers, academics and university professors are among the key assets of world economic powers and the more there are in a country, the more there is cause for rejoicing.

Therefore, no political leader should complain of ruling a country that has one of the highest ratios of postgraduates—the PhDs—in the world.

And yet, HE, Cambodia’s prime minister, is not pleased with this accomplishment.

One must say that, in view of the education system with its significant deficiencies, such a score obviously suggests loopholes in those precious diplomas’ awarding procedures.

Speaking last month at the inauguration of new facilities at the Royal Academy of Cambodia, which marked the institution’s 20th anniversary, the prime minister heavily criticized this higher-education system that enables an abundance of PhDs.

Students who believe in copying-pasting-cheating, inadequate teacher support, lenient boards if not worst: The rot goes deep.

Let’s not pour scorn on all the country’s PhDs. Many brilliant students have not obtained their diplomas through dubious means and fully deserve the position or occupation those diplomas enable them to have.

But one must admit that that we often come across, especially in the highest institutional arenas, on PhDs whose eagerness to show their business cards on which their diploma prominently figures in big letters raises doubt.

The more so that these same PhDs often demonstrate an arrogance inversely proportional to their knowledge.

Those worthless PhDs who ruin the country’s development by unfairly filling senior positions don’t only come out of a failing university system.

They also are products of a society that gives more importance to the piece of paper on which the diploma is printed than to the knowledge that diploma should attest to. And of families who, above all, are concerned with their children’s social advancement—whatever the means—rather than their education.
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UPDATE: 2022
ADB approves loan to help Cambodia reform education
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 70-million-USD loan to Cambodia to support government efforts to deepen reforms in upper secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education across the country.
VNA Monday, November 07, 2022 21:56

Hanoi (VNA) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 70-million-USD loan to Cambodia to support government efforts to deepen reforms in upper secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education across the country.

The Science and Technology Project in Upper Secondary Educationwill help Cambodia develop high-quality human resources, especially in the STEM field, as the country aspires to transform its economy to a technology-driven and knowledge-based economy, the bank said in its press statement on November 7.

The project will put in place standards for quality education for all upper secondary schools, upgrade facilities, and provide essential education technology and STEM equipment in Cambodia, the bank noted, adding that it will also help upgrade facilities in secondary schools in the Southeast Asian nation.

According to ADB Principal Education Specialist for Southeast Asia Lynnette Perez, the project will help to strengthen Cambodia’s education system by upgrading its traditional STEM education to keep up with the growing demand for a highly qualified labor force.

It will help improve student proficiency in critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration, all of which are needed for a knowledge-based economy, she went on./.
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I sometimes wonder what these donators think when the visit Cambodia and see more expensive and big cars driven around than they would back home.
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atst wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:52 am I sometimes wonder what these donators think when the visit Cambodia and see more expensive and big cars driven around than they would back home.
What donors? ADB is a bank and isn't donating anything. It's a loan.
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John Bingham wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 2:45 pm
atst wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:52 am I sometimes wonder what these donators think when you the visit Cambodia and see more expensive and big cars driven around than they would back home.
What donors? ADB is a bank and isn't donating anything. It's a loan.
Geez you Nick pick on everything,do you think the loan will be paid back. It was a generalization.
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atst wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:14 pm
John Bingham wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 2:45 pm
atst wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:52 am I sometimes wonder what these donators think when you the visit Cambodia and see more expensive and big cars driven around than they would back home.
What donors? ADB is a bank and isn't donating anything. It's a loan.
Geez you Nick pick on everything,do you think the loan will be paid back. It was a generalization.
I was about to respond to your reply too, but decided not to. A few observations.

1. Those driving a really expensive car with a non government plate contributed to the government budget through taxes. Roughly 50% of the value of their car.
2. How do you suggest supporting the less fortunate in state schools? Ask the large car owners to scale down to a Prius and invest the difference?
3. I have worked for donors before, and we would take them to the poorest areas with no fancy car to been seen within miles. Much to my surprise, and my frustration, the donors chose to spend their money in more developed areas. The risk of drop out and failure was too large in the roughest areas of Cambodia.
4. The ADB will be on top of the list of debts to pay off in time, don't worry.

So now there's a question left. In what way would you develop 'free' education in Cambodia?
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So now there's a question left. In what way would you develop 'free' education in Cambodia?
Getting the population as a whole to take education more seriously, for the population as a whole.
I’ve only been around for 4 years, but a common theme among most close relatives of swmbo, and friends, etc- education is (paraphrasing) for rich people.
Dropout rates must surely be affected by peoples expectations on the value of education.

Just one aspect.
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atst wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:14 pm
John Bingham wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 2:45 pm
atst wrote: Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:52 am I sometimes wonder what these donators think when you the visit Cambodia and see more expensive and big cars driven around than they would back home.
What donors? ADB is a bank and isn't donating anything. It's a loan.
Geez you Nick pick on everything,do you think the loan will be paid back. It was a generalization.
These jaded old generalizations aren't terribly helpful though. THE PEOPLE IN BIG CARS STOLE ALL THEIR MONEY FROM STARVING ORPHANS! Of course they'll pay back the ADB, why would they default and jeopardize future loans? Can you point out any time in the past few decades that Cambodia has defaulted on any loan? The Lon Nol era stuff doesn't count.
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