Sunday, March 28, 2010

Books, But Difficulties Teaching Khmer Rouge Era

By Soeung Sophat, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
26 March 2010

Khmer Rouge history is a sensitive subject in Cambodia, though the ongoing Khmer Rouge trials and recent inclusion of more comprehensive teaching materials in the national secondary curriculum have helped.
But while it took many years to get a textbook into the nation’s classrooms, the authors say the real challenges have just begun.
Dy Khamboly, a senior researcher with the Documentation Center of Cambodia, is the author of “A History of Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979),” a book published in 2007 and slated for use in a national genocide education project.

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