Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The Singapore government provided scholarships to 4 students to continue their studies in Singapore. The ceremony honoring the 4 recipients was held on 19 July 2007 in Phnom Penh, under the presidency of Kol Pheng, the minister of education, youth and sports, and Mrs Tan Yi Van, the Singapore ambassador to Cambodia. The four students will leave to study in Singapore at the end of July and they will pursue a bachelor degree for 3 to 4 years in various universities in Singapore. Since Singapore decided to provide scholarships to ASEAN students to continue their studies in Singapore, a total of 400 scholarships were awarded to good ASEAN students. 29 Cambodian students were recipients to such scholarships.
3 comments:
It's wonderful that talented and hard-working Cambodian students receive scholarships to study in Singapore and other developed countries. They will bring back knowledge and expertise to help Cambodia develop despite the ongoing corruption.
In the past, hundreds of scholarships went to other Asean countries because Cambodian education officials just ignored them since their relatives were not qualified. An irresponsible waste of good opportunities for Cambodia's bright students who have no relatives in the right places.
I hope that not all 29 Cambodian students are from Pannasastra University of Cambodia, which is owned by Kol Pheng.
I hope these are not the stupid rich kids that paid $$$$$ to Kol Pheng ( he is good of this corruption)instead of many real smart students that should be rewarded the scholarship.
Hey, none of us are from Pannasastra. Personally i'm damn poor, but not all rich kids are stupid.
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