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CITA's letter sent to the Phnom Penh Municipali​ty on 20-09-2011 informing the latter about World Teacher's day on 05 October 2011

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Teachers prevented from marching on World Teachers' Day

Teachers holding banners asking for better pay and better treatment. The cops prevented them from marching and from gathering in front of the old National Assembly building (All photos: Cambodia Express News)
Rong Chhun (Front right) and Chea Mony (Front left, holding a microphone) led the celebration of the World Teachers' Day
Numerous cops can be seen standing in the public park facing the old NA building to prevent the teachers to gather there.
Roads were blocked to prevent the teachers from gathering in front of the old NA building.

CITA's statement of the World Teachers' Day

Rong Chhun, CITA President (Photo: Den Ayuthyea, RFA)

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World Teachers' Day Procession in Phnom Penh on 05 October 2010 denied

In the following letter, Kep Chuktema, the Phnom Penh city governor, wrote to Sar Kheng, the minister of Interior, informing him that the  request made the Cambodia Independent Teachers' Association (CITA) to hold a procession on the World Teachers' Day was denied by the city hall.

Kep Chuktema also wrote CITA to inform the latter that its request to hold a procession was denied by the city hall.

Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the ministry of Interior, replied to Kep Chuktema, saying that the ministry agreed with the city's decision to deny CITA's procession.

Police Ban Teacher Demonstration Over Salaries

(Photo: DAP news)

By Heng Reaksmey and Chiep Mony
Original report from Phnom Penh
05 October 2009

Phnom Penh police clashed with demonstrating teachers on Monday, as a union demonstration for higher government salaries was banned.

Teachers are demanding a raise from around $30 a month to $250, a demand the government said was not possible.

Police said the members of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association had gathered in public without a permit. No one was injured, witnesses said.

“One cannot teach on an empty stomach,” said Rong Chhun, president of the teacher’s association.

Meanwhile, the Cambodian Confederation of Trade Unions on Monday requested the Ministry of Labor raise minimum salaries for factory workers from $50 per month to $93, as high food prices continue to eat into monthly budgets.

The minimum salary was “not a lot,” conceded Ken Loo, secretary-general of the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia. “But $50, for the workers, as a minimum, the workers can survive.”

If they work with incentives from factories, working hard to sew many garments, workers can earn up to $150 a month, he said.

“We want to create the incentive for the workers to work hard,” he said.

No World Teachers' Day celebration allowed in Hun Xen's Cambodia

Cops preventing the celebration of the World Teachers' Day (Photo: DAP-news)

Teachers not allowed to celebrate World Teachers’ Day in front of the old National Assembly building

05 October 2009
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Rong Chhun, President of the Cambodia Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA), declared earlier that his association will hold a meeting that includes 150 teachers to celebrate the World Teachers’ Day on Monday 05 October 2009 in front of the old National Assembly building. However, this morning, Rong Chhun cannot hold the event because the cops closed all the streets starting from in front of the royal palace all the way to the public park located in front of Wat Botum Pagoda. Police forces are also seen guarding this area. On Sunday, Rong Chhun said that the Phnom Penh city hall did not authorize CITA to celebrate the World Teachers’ Day that would include a parade leading to the old National Assembly building and the ministry of Education, Youth and Sports because that celebration would be done to attract the attention on the teachers’ role from the part of the government and the public. Furthermore, CITA also planned to demand that the government increases the salary for teachers to 1 million riels ($250) per month during that day.

Teachers plan to hold a march procession on 05 October

15 September 2009
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Cambodia Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA) plans to celebrate the “world teachers’ day” on 05 October 2009. The celebration will be accompanied by a march procession in which about 150 teachers will join in. Rong Chun, CITA President, indicated in a letter sent to Kep Chuktema, Phnom Penh city governor asking for an authorization to hold the march procession, that CITA plans to celebrate the “world teachers’ day” with a march procession to the National Assembly and the ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. About 150 teachers plan to meet in front of the old building of the National Assembly at 8AM. Rong Chhun indicated in the letter that the goal of the teachers’ meeting is to attract the attention of the government and the public about the important role of teachers to shape a better future for the younger generations. At the same time, CITA also insisted that the government increases the minimum wage for teachers to 1 million riels ($250) per month. No reply has been provided by the city yet regarding the authorization to hold the march procession.