Tourists to Siem Reap jump 23% for the year

The number of foreign tourists visiting Siem Reap, home of the Kingdom’s iconic Angkor Wat temples, in 2011 is expected to have jumped 23 per cent year-on-year, according to provincial tourism officials. Foreign tourists to the province totaled 1.4 million through November, or 100,000 more than visited in all of 2010, Ngov Sengkak, director of the Ministry of Tourism’s provincial office in Siem Reap, said….

Mt Waverley students give a help hand to Cambodia

A GROUP of Mount Waverley Secondary College students has raised money for counterparts in Cambodia. After discussions on poverty and gender inequality in developing countries with aid group the Oaktree Foundation, the students raised $3000.

CVS Youth Center-Kok Kleang to Build in January 2012

The drawings presented in this booklet show the preliminary design of the youth center for Cambodian Volunteers for Society (CVS) and Khmer Kamputchea Krom for Human Rights and Development Association (KKKHRDA) .CVS is a Cambodian nongovernmental organization working with the youth in poor urban communities in Phnom Penh.

Cambodia’s Impoverished Education System

I recently traveled to Cambodia to research their education system. During my visit, I stopped by the campus of the Royal University of Phnom Penh, the oldest and largest university in the nation, to talk to professors, administrators, and students. I also visited the Chroy Changvar Primary School in Phnom Penh where I observed students learning.....

Cambodia Tourism received double digit growth

International tourist arrivals to Cambodia posted a double digit growth of 13.5% in October, while over the 10-month period the improvement reached 15.4%

After opening an office in Thailand, tourism started to grow rapidly. Only in October due to flooding in Thailand, there was a decline of 18.4% in arrivals. In October, just 10,431 Thais visited Cambodia....

‘Boarding’ school teaches Khmer kids the art of skating

...When two Australian skaters dropped their boards on the streets of Kabul in 2007, they were bombarded by curious children who wanted to learn the sport for themselves. Using the three boards they had on them, the Australians developed Skateistan, a skateboarding school which now teaches more than 400 Afghan children at an indoor skate park in Kabul....

Cambodia wins again in drawing competition
Among 40,000 children from 60 countries, Cambodian Song Sothy is the second Cambodian boy to win a prize at this year’s EU International Drawing Competition on the theme of Gender Equality. Song Sothy was awarded a prize equivalent to €1,000 (US$1,304)....

UC Signs MOU with Chosun University, South Korea

20 December 2011 (Phnom Penh) – The University of Cambodia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chosun University at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, 20th December. Both institutions have also signed an “Agreement on the Promotion of Research and Educational Exchange.”....

British and Korean Universities seek academic collaboration with Limkokwing University 

The Limkokwing University of Creative Technology recently rolled out the red carpet for visitors from universities from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea at the Cyberjaya campus....

 Post Graduate Programme Fellowship for Higher Education Officials/Staff to Australia and New Zealand
In the coming academic year 2012-2013, MoEYS is giving fellowship award to higher education officials/staff to pursue post graduate programme in Australia and New Zealand. This fellowship award is under the Higher Education Quality and Capacity Improvement Project (HEQCIP) funded by the World Bank..

AreCambodians getting the educationthey need?

When speaking of education in Cambodia, keep in mind that Cambodia is one of the poorer countries in Southeast Asia, and it also has a very young population (more than 50% of people are under the age of 21)...