Kratie, poor but able!

[Anchor Moy]

Enough gore, at last some good Cambodia news to report.
Kratie is a poor province where the kids work hard to get ahead. I knew this, but glad to see they are getting such good exam results, as well as getting a mention here. Most of the kids come from poor rice-farmer families and have to work to support themselves while they study as well. So many good kids out there - teachers also !

(Makes a change from heads in suitcases and complaints about how lazy everyone is. And Kratie is one of my favorite places. )

...“They’re poor, but able,” says Chhay Lon, the chief of Kratie market, speaking of the province’s high-schoolers. “That’s what the name means, Kratie.”
The northern province, one of the poorest in Cambodia, is fifth in the nation this year for its high-school exam pass rate – 5.8% higher than in Phnom Penh and Kampong Cham, and far higher than the national average, 55.8 percent.

So. What’s the secret?
Most local officials insist that Kratie owes its high marks to the difficulties and determination of the province’s people.

“Students try really hard to learn,” says Thy Chan Sothea, the head secondary officer in Kratie’s Department of Education.

“Students try really hard to learn, and teachers try really hard to teach. And parents encourage their children to try hard, too.”

The Department of Education, said Mr. Thy, pays teachers for overtime classes on Saturdays and Sundays – a $107 for every two months, which, he said, was very little.

“But the teachers wanted their students to do well. They put a lot of effort in.”...

http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16264/ ... -in-exams/

[General Mackevili]

Enough gore, at last some good Cambodia news to report.

A breath of fresh air.

[Jamie_Lambo]

Enough gore, at last some good Cambodia news to report.

A breath of fresh air.

it wont last unfortunatly