Rethinking education: An inclusive response to COVID-19

Khmer Times’ Taing Rinith shares his thoughts on how the Cambodian youth can receive equal and inclusive access to proper education amid the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic.The COVID-19 pandemic has infected approximately 5.4 million people worldwide, killing over 345,000 people, with the promise of causing the global per capita income to fall by four percent this year....

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Covid-19: Cambodia puts off reopening schools

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has decided to extend its schools' closure until the next academic year that starts in November.Prime Minister Hun Sen said he had agreed to this following a request by the Education Ministry to ensure teachers and students were safe from Covid-19.He stressed that students and teachers were in a vulnerable group, which could easily be affected by the virus.He...

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Rights Group Criticizes Cambodia’s ‘Failed War on Drugs’

PHNOM PENH - Rights group Amnesty International released a damning report Wednesday documenting various human rights abuses committed along the law enforcement chain related to Cambodia’s “war on drugs” that has resulted in the arrests of tens of thousands of Cambodians.The report, titled “Substance Abuse – The Human Cost of Cambodia’s Anti-Drug Campaign,” was released on...

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KeeDu, a new educational app for children

While schools are still closed and distance learning become commonplace, children are spending more time indoors with gadgets than they ever did before.Taking away their iPads, Samsung tablets and other electronic devices results in disappointment or the throwing of temper tantrums by some children.To fill the gap for healthier screen time, a team of young entrepreneurs has...

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Teachers, Students Find Online Education Can be Tough

Most American schools are closed until the start of the next school year in the fall in a bid to contain the coronavirus. But many teachers and students are pushing ahead with studies online - though this method has posed some unexpected difficulties for students, teachers and parents. For VOA, Alexey Gorbachev has the story, narrated by Anna Rice. VOA Khmer's Pichchinda Sou...

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Cambodia sports ban still in force

More than a month after it was first imposed, the ban on all sports activities in Cambodia remains in force.The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), the government agency in-charge of sports in Cambodia, first imposed the ban on April 7 as a means to stem the spread of the coronavirus.The ban covered all sports activities and gatherings in both public and private...

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In Cambodia, learning during COVID-19

Cambodia’s first confirmed case of Covid-19 occurred in late January. With a second case in early March in Siem Reap province, home of the renowned temples of Angkor Wat, the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport (MoEYS), in an abundance of caution, closed the schools until further notice.Education in Cambodia ground to a halt, or so one might have imagined, but the MoEYS...

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Closed border prevents Cambodia children from attending schools in Vietnam

More than 1,300 Vietnamese children living in Cambodia but studying in schools in Vietnam cannot attend classes now since borders are closed.Vietnam closed its borders in late March.The Department of Education and Training in An Giang Province said on Tuesday its An Phu District, which shares a border with Cambodia, has 1,347 students from the neighboring country studying...

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