Increasing confidence and learning readiness among children at the early age of primary school is essential. Education Above All’s Educate partnership with Cambodia Consortium of Out-of-School Children (CCOSC) led by Action Education and a part of the Fisher Folk Making…
A campaign to encourage out-of-school students to return to the classroom has been launched in Siem Reap province, as part of an initiative by Kampuchea Action to Promote Education (KAPE). The campaign was rolled out at Muk Pen Primary School…
PON Pong, a Dang Run Primary School student, dropped out a year ago before being approached by the school principal and social worker. The school and social worker had tried several to convince him to send him back to school…
Over the past six months, the Consortium of Out-of-School Children (CCOOSC) project has provided capacity development to over 6,000 teachers and other educational professionals to help children learn better. Aide et Action, a French non-profit which worked with education partners…
Thong SEM, age 16, attends Chum Kriel Primary School and is in the sixth grade. Thong’s parents got divorced when he was over a year old, leaving him an orphan. He resides in Kampot province with his grandpa, a poor…
Sounan is a 27-year-old teacher. Her school, located in one of the districts of Phnom Penh, benefits from cooperation between the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and the Rabbit School organisation, a partner of Action Education. Born in Takeo…
Life can be difficult for an indigenous child in north-eastern Cambodia. Approximately nine tribes live in a remote tropical forest and plantation, subsisting on rice cultivation and traditional farm practices. People live in small communities made up of huts and…
Many children in Cambodia, due to poverty, migration, and the COVID-19 pandemic, are excluded from accessing and completing primary education. Non-formal education is one solution to keep children in and back to school. However, Education Above All’s Educate A Child…
The French NGO Action Education (AEA), and its partners, announced the distribution of 150,000 exercise books, 12,000 school uniforms, 6,000 backpacks, and 5,000 bicycles to disadvantaged primary schoolchildren across Cambodia. “These materials are funded by the Education A Child [EAC]…
In 2022, the Cambodian Consortium for Out of School Children (CCOSC) supported more than 23,000 out-of-school children nationwide, while also training more than 3,000 teachers. The project received financial support from the Educate A Child (EAC) of the Education Above…
