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(1) Women in leadership opportunities confirms the policy of valuing equal rights and opportunities in society
Just three days ago, we celebrated the International Women’s Day […] when the country was first founded, we had a Queen – Princess Liu Yi (as the ruler). In major (traditional and religious) ceremonies, we term the important presence of attendees as “mae-ba” (mother and father) […] I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate women on International Women’s Day, as well as the 88% of graduands today, who are women. In half a decade ago, there had been changes. Where, previously, women had to give up their education, mostly at the grassroots level, because there were no schools in the villages and it was difficult for girls to travel far to continue their education, now, the mindset of society has changed […] thus showing and resulting in the opportunities and capabilities of women in leadership, which is a reflection of the government’s policy of valuing equal rights and opportunities in society. We will continue to provide opportunities for both women and men to have the same rights and opportunities […]
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(2) Transforming the economic chain, improving people’s livelihoods, not relying solely on a low-skilled economy
When interacting with overseas investors, they often ask about the condition of human resources in the country. In the process of transforming the economic chain, as well as improving the economy and people’s livelihoods, we cannot rely solely on low-skilled economic economy […] taking for instance robot operation in combination with manpower […] to help increase productivity, (which) can then increase wages, benefits, and ensure future competitiveness […] we need to provide skill training for our human resources. We cannot rely (on the way of working) from the early 1990s when we first attracted investment to the country […] as the government’s policy is to transform agriculture from an agricultural sector that exports only raw materials to an agricultural sector that exports agro-industrial products […] the government sees the production of certain components locally a catalyst to change in the type of work for our people who (have) low capabilities, low skills, low wages to increasingly high-skill (with high wages and benefits) […]
(3) Companies need accounting/bookkeeping standards to ensure management
If we don’t have human resources (we can’t do the jobs listed above). Let us talk about the skill related to Vanda School, which is accounting […] it’s ok to go without having to have a proper accounting rule if it is not a family business […] however, if it is a company that has branches in five or six provinces, it definitely needs an accounting standard to ensure management […] if there are no human resources in the province (who could do this kind of job), they would definitely hire people from outside. This, we say, is just about accounting skills […] previously, we endeavor to conduct digital revolution or the public finance reform, to have one common standards for tax collection in each province […] now the government has created a single account […] in which (data) runs in (to one place) […] all of this requires people who know (the system operation) […]
(4) Technology comprehension and use ensure accessibility to quality education everywhere
The creation, use of technology, and being ready ensure that we can improve the quality and accessibility of education everywhere, without the need for each school (to organize all the programs separately). Such creative combinations, or so-called innovative ideas, can help strengthen each other rather than compete with each other. We’d rather collaborate to help develop common human resources […] we have, besides all that, distance learning, where some people take PhDs from Oxford, Cambridge, and other countries […] It has been marked that teacher resources is important in expanding and strengthening quality and quantity of education […] The quality of education depends on the quality of teachers and professors. No matter how modern equipment we may have, if teachers or professors do not know how to make use of them, one may wonder how teaching could it be […]
(5) Short-term contracts teachers to fill where there is a shortage of teachers
We need innovation to ensure the quality and quantity of teachers at all levels. At the closing ceremony of the Ministry of Education annual conference, I spoke about the need to ensure the quantity of teachers, among the various ways to address the problem of filling high school and middle school teachers, I suggested that we consider arranging short-term contracts for teachers with high qualifications, good teaching experience, and who are willing to fill positions where there is a shortage of teachers. When I raised this point, some of you expressed concern that doing this might reduce the opportunities for younger generation teachers […]
(6) Sub-decree 309 of 2014 opens door for some contract teachers as necessary
In the past 10 years, the number of secondary school students nationwide has increased from 300,000 to 500,000 a year. This means that in some places, across the country, there has been […] the need for more buildings and teachers. That is why we need to solve the problem […] primary school teachers are easy to fill […] and it is particularly not easy to fill in for the secondary school teachers […] the sub-decree 309 of 2014 opens the door for the government to review some contract teachers as necessary […] to implement it, I am asking for the clarification of the conditions to have contract teachers – it must be clearly defined that (they are recruited) only for places with a real teacher shortage. The selection must undergo according to regulations and clear conditions set by the Ministry of Education (Youth and Sports – MEYS) […]
(7) Recruiting contract teachers to ensure continuity of education
If we can’t find new teachers to fill the vacancy and we ran out of time, in this transitional phase, we have only one option – students must come and learn together in one class with the remaining teacher. So, a class (of 30 to 35) would increase to 60 to 70 students. That indicates a challenge in ensuring the quality of education […] therefore, the short-term solution is (to go through option two, which is) to open the door for finding and recruiting contract teachers in that place, the retired teachers included, in order to ensure continuity (of education) […] at the same time, contract teachers must be outside the (administrative box), with different rights and responsibilities from the teachers in the government payrolls/frameworks. I would rather leave this work to the MEYS to tackle […]
(8) MEYS to determine rules and conditions for selection of contract teachers
In remote provinces/districts, retired teachers should be considered as human resources […] that can be used to solve temporary needs during the transition period. If there are young students and teachers, to be recruited from, we can go ahead contracting them […] we do not discriminate. But in a period where there is no other option in the short term, even if they are retired, as long as they are willing, have good teaching experience, are qualified, have ethics, and are exemplary teachers, we must open the door to them […] I have had MEYS determine the rules and conditions for participating and monitoring the selection of contract teachers for a certain intermediate skill level […] I may reaffirm that the door is opened according to the principle of considering contracts for retired teachers, who are willing, healthy, qualified, and have good qualities in areas where there is a shortage, especially in secondary schools and high schools in rural areas […]
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(9) National Reading Day begins in 2015
I see that there is a movement and habit of reading books these days […] we need to encourage more. In this sense, I thank MEYS for taking the initiative to organize this National Reading Day, which started in 2015. This year is the 10th anniversary. I thank the participation of parents in encouraging their children to read. I saw many people at the book fair, where there are many kinds of books – even picture books included, as long as they created a habit of reading […] because reading more would reduce the kid’s time on phones […] and not spend all their time on toys […] I saw the movement of the masses to help promote this work. Ouk Vande, a young man, is doing a mobile library like a reading tourism […] let us encourage this work more […] you can consider creating reading places in each province, especially in towns and parks […]
(10) A degree opens the door, a practice shows the ladder
Learning at school gives a degree, but going out to work gives a notice of real action […] so please learn more about yourself, get a notice of real action. A notice of real action/practical experience, plus a degree, will help open the door for you to a place. A notice of real action/practical experience help you evolve in the place. I often say that a degree sometimes helps open the door for us, but to climb the ladder in there, we need a real action/practical experience sign […]
(11) Let us be a resource, not a burden
Learn anywhere, anytime, by all means, including self-study, self-experimentation, research, including reading books. At school, we learn hard skills, accounting, computers, but soft skills, we can learn from books […] we must increase our self-esteem. When we value ourselves, we are happy with ourselves because we have more opportunities, more self-management skills […] if we do not have the ability, no method to strengthen ourselves to become a diamond, we will be buried (no one would see us) […] if you want to develop yourselves, be able to compete in a highly competitive world, we must constantly strengthen and learn. Let us be a resource, not a burden […]
(12) Angkor Sangkranta to be celebrated in April along with World Heritage listing process
UYFC (the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia) plans to organize the (traditional Khmer New Year) Angkor Sangkranta in April (this year). Some, interviewed by Radio Free Asia, said that organizing such event is useless. While it does not achieve anything, the event would be a waste of money when the people are in hardship. I accept their views, but I also have a different perspective based on reality. You may ask the people of Siem Reap, regarding this event, the Siem Reap people who run pass apps, who run tricycles, market vendors, people living in Siem Reap and around Siem Reap, who rely on tourism, whether organizing the Angkor Sangkranta event is a happy thing for them […] they are happy because it will bring people in. I heard that the hotels are fully booked […]
We do it (in April) to capture a flow (of tourists) between the months when there are a lot of people and the rainy months (when here would be less). In Asia, the rainy months are not very popular. It is used to be called the low month and we have changed it to the green month, when it is the month when the people are taking holidays […] the Angkor Sangkranta event is not a replacement for the Sangkranta events throughout the country. Provinces and the capital are celebrating it every year […] and this is organized this year in line with the process for the registration of the Sangkranta on the World Heritage List […]
(13) Mountain Festival at Kirirom in consideration by Kompong Speu
By the way, Kampong Speu Province has expressed its intention to organize a mountain festival in addition to the river festival and the sea festival (that we have been celebrating so far). We are in the process of studying whether to organize it or not. I went to Kirirom mountains, where the province wishes the event to be, to see the overall potential. I also went up to Khnong Phsar mountain top to witness the touristic potentials and to provide some instruction on how should we go about organizing tourism packages and facilities in the area […]./.
