The Mirror, Vol. 11, No. 497
“Phnom Penh: According to officials of ADHOC [Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association], the dropout rate of children in a number of rural areas is still at a high level, especially in grades 6 and 9, because at these grades they have to change their local schools to other places which are far away from home,
“According to documents on the 2006 situation of human rights prepared by ADHOC, the royal government of Cambodia paid attention to establish a number of principles aimed to enhance primary education, for instance by providing subsidies to teachers who give private lessons to pupils three times per month every Thursday. According to ADHOC, even with such policies, many children still have difficulties in getting access to education, because the support and subsidy cannot meet the needs of teachers and students everywhere across Cambodia.
“As for the quality of education, ADHOC discovered, according to the same documents, that the repetition rate of pupils both in rural areas and in Phnom Penh had declined, but the level of pupils’ knowledge for each grade cannot yet sufficiently respond to pedagogical standards. Teachers in some schools tried to promote a number of weak pupils to the next grade, because they wanted to receive high praise from school directors. Moreover, there may also be cases that teachers take bribes from weak pupils [who want to be promoted to the next grade]. Meanwhile, some classes at high schools in Phnom Penh have up to 90 pupils per class – a number beyond any standards of teaching – making it difficult that pupils receive adequate explanations of the lessons offered by their teachers. This is a major reason making pupils weak at school.” Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.6, #1276, 25-26.2.2007
Newspapers Appearing on the Newsstand:
Monday, 26 February 2007
Chakraval, Vol.15, #2653, 25.2.2007
- KHANA [Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance] Supports Poverty Reduction For HIV-Positive People [Ong Sopheap, the president of KHANA, highlighted three priority areas, such as educating and training the most vulnerable groups, expanding the network of peer-to-peer education and building skills, and enabling them to get access to health and social services]
Kampuchea Thmey, Vol.6, #1276, 26.2.2007
- Underworld Shocked Phnom Penh Residents With Three Murders In Three Days [Singer Pov Panhapich is receiving treatment in a Vietnamese hospital, Hy Vuthy – trade union leader at the Suntex garment factory was shot dead, and a student of Hun Sen Chom Puvon High School was seriously injured]
- Deputy Governor [Meas Savoun] Of Preah Vihear Is Charged With An Attempt To Murder A Construction Worker [Sok Sokom, male, 43, when he was putting up fences in a location bordering the governor’s land]
- ADHOC Shows That The Dropout Rate Of Children In A Number Of Rural Areas Is Still At A High Level
Khmeng Wat, Vol.6, #122, 26.2.2007
- There Will Be Punishment For Officials Who Were Involved In The Release Of A Former Boss Of Chay Hour II Hotel [accused in 2004 to have been involved in human trafficking, but soon released, supposedly “due to the lack of evidence”]
- More Than Riel 100 Million [Approx. US$26,000], Given To Siem Reap Department Of Social Work, Is Lost – To Where? [blaming each other between the governor of the province Su Pirin and officials of the Department of Social Work]
- Citizens In Sihanoukville Allege That Deputy Police Commissioner And His Group Grab Over 110 Hectare Land
- Chief Of Nhang Commune And Governor Of Anong Meas District In Ratanakiri Sell 1,406 Hectares Of Land Of Ethnic Minorities To A Merchant
Koh Santepheap, Vol.40, #5976, 26.2.2007
- A Calf Which Has [irregularly] Grown Upper Teeth Is Considered A Holy Calf [with healing power – Kampot]
- Samdech Prime Minister Warns Of The Importing Of Right-Hand-Steering Vehicles From Thailand And Requests Thai Authorities To Help Prevent This Action
- The National Election Committee [NEC] Does Not Allow The Center For Social Development To Release Guide Books [about the different parties participating in the Commune Elections because the Center is reprinting the positions of different political parties, including statements considered objectionable by the NEC]
Meatophum, Vol.50, #632, 26.2.2007
- National Land Dispute Authority [established on 26 February 2006 under the leadership of Sok An, deputy prime minister] Calls Upon Attorneys To Help Its Work
- Will Presiding Judge Kong Saet And Her Excellency Ly Vouch Leng Be Punished Or Not? [for the release of offenders involved in the 2004 Chay Hour II Hotel human trafficking case, liberating approximately 80 female sex workers]
- People Of Dong Kdar And Prek Kak, Steung Trung, Thank Samdech Chea Sim And Hun Sen [for deciding to order Kompong Cham province governor and a general manager of a rubber plantation in Beong Ket to give 431.75 hectares of land back to 133 families]
- Bang Pomsen, Called Po, The Chief Of Kompong Preah Koki Commune Police Station, And Commune Secretary Nuon Somaly Sell State-Owned Land [flooded forest and grassland kept for people in Kompong Chhnang to graze their cattle]
Neak Cheat Niyum, Vol.2, #28, 27-28.2.2007
- Hun Sen’s Iron-Fist Order Should Be Implemented By Low-Level Officials Soon So That It Becomes Highly Efficient
- The Issue Of Mr. Sar Somrong, Banteay Meanchey Deputy Governor, Who Grabs 25 Hectares Of Land from Five Families Has Not Yet Been Settled
Rasmei Angkor, Vol.14, #1151, 26.2.2007
- Is Pov Panhapich’s Murder Case Is Similar To Touch Sunnich’s? [she was shot and made paralyzed for the rest of her life]
Reach Seima, Vol.2, #147, 8.2.2007
- Gunmen With Their Anarchical Guns Are In Control; Touch Naruth [Phnom Penh Chief Police Commissioner] and Kep Chutema [Phnom Penh Governor] Are Incapable [Mr. Hy Vuthy, the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia leader in the Suntex garment factory, was shot dead]
- Chea Mony [President of the Free Trade Union Of Workers Of The Kingdom Of Cambodia]: “If There Is More Shooting Of Factory Union Representatives, There Will Be Strikes.” [commenting on the killing of Hy Vuthy]
- Deputy Military Commander Nuon Nguon In Ratanakmondol, Battambang, Grabs People’s Land [from more than 100 families]
Sar Noeung Khmao, Vol.8, #194, 26-27.2.2007
- “Where There Is Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen, There Is Hope” – “Where There Is Suffering, There Is The Red Cross”[the slogans of Hun Sen and his wife who is president of the Cambodian Red Cross]
- Local Company [Vimean Seila] Will Invest [US$530 million] In Seh And Tas Islands [to make these islands, located off Sihanoukville, become resort areas]
- New Things To Be Seen On The Territory Of Svay Rieng Province [special economic zone at the border to Vietnam in Bavet, utilization of clean water, loans from the Asian Development Bank, Svay Rieng University, and 160 school buildings which were funded by Prime Minister Hun Sen]
Sralanh Khmer, Vol.3, #338, 25.2.2007
- Sok An [Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in Charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers] Holds A Meeting With Court Officials And Ly Vouch Leng [appeals court director, about many irregularities at the Appeals Court]
- Yuon [Vietnamese] Authorities Defrock Nine Khmer Krom Monks [accused of not respecting Vietnamese authorities’ orders]
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