VOA Khmer | Washington, DC
Friday, 11 February 2011
Low salaries for teachers means that nearly all of them have to take second jobs, which threatens the quality of Cambodia’s education, a leading teachers activist said Thursday.
Rong Chhun, who is the president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association, told “Hello VOA” that a poor teacher corps was harmful to the development of Cambodia overall.
“When they have another job, they do not have time to research or properly instruct, and there is no concentration in transferring their knowledge to students,” he said. “If education is weak, it impacts all sectors.”
Cambodia has more than 100,000 teachers nationwide, but their budgeted salary is only $40 to $60 per month. This leads almost “95 percent” of them to take other jobs, Rong Chhun said.
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