Classroom talk remains barrier

Sgnoun Vita can’t communicate with most of her kindergarten students. She teaches them colours and numbers, but can’t understand their questions or chatter. Most of Vita’s students at the Kater Primary School in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district speak Jarai, one of Cambodia’s 24 ethnic minority languages. ... A study by International Cooperation Cambodia last year found that only 63 per cent of primary school students in Mondulkiri and 33 per cent in Ratanakkiri were attending some form of education. ...

Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
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