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Is it true that Internationals schools in Cambodia will be opening in September? or this is just wishful thinking?

I was give a 10 page document on Friday in Khymer on the SOP of opening schools.

Means nothing to me but can copy if anyone can understand. The basic points were outlined in our staff meet. The doodle at bottom was my own.

I would not rely much on rumours or even official announcements. Schools were supposed to open in August but that was cancelled. Given that the virus has had so little effect in Cambodia and that nightclubs etc. can now open the attitude of the government is inexplicable.

samrong01 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:16 am I would not rely much on rumours or even official announcements. Schools were supposed to open in August but that was cancelled. Given that the virus has had so little effect in Cambodia and that nightclubs etc. can now open the attitude of the government is inexplicable.

It wasnt cancelled. Their are many schools that were on that list that was released which will be opening today. September will be phase two for the other international schools and the government schools is October which is aligned with the start of their new academic year.

Indeed, several schools have students in them today. Some are opening in September (either due to following their normal international school schedule, or adjusting dates slightly for better preparedness).

Cambodia News: The Cambodian government has decided that students from grade 9 to grade 12 of state schools will to go back to school next month (September), while the national class exams will be held in December.

This Year’s High-School Exam to Take Place in December
AKP Phnom Penh, August 10, 2020 --

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports will organise high school exam for the 2019-2020 academic year in December, according to the ministry’s press release made public this morning.

The schedule was set after Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HE, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, agreed to authorise the students of grades 9 and 12 to resume their classes in the second-round of school reopening in upcoming September to get them ready for their exams, it said.

For this second-phase of schooling resumption, only 15 students per class are allowed and with respect of hygiene measures of the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation, it added.

Meanwhile, the same source continued, private educational institutions have volunteered to postpone their high school exams from later this month to December as well.

The press release also stressed that the class resumption for students of other grades in public schools will be made in other directive.

The first-round reopening is for schools with high standard safety measures against COVID-19. They have to enter a comprehensive agreement with the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports to main high-standard safety measures against the pandemic following the guideline set by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation.

The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports on Mar. 16, when COVID-19 outbreak built momentum, ordered school closure to keep students and teachers safe from the disease.
C. Nika - AKP