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United Nation Hails Progress in Bilingual Education for Minorities

by sidet on February 22, 2012

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The education for children

The bilingual education for children

Cambodia’s indigenous minorities are increasingly gaining across to primary education in their own language, as bilingual education is expanding and being incorporated into government schools, the UN said. Adding that Cambodia had become a regional leader in bilingual education.

“Cambodia is recognized as a role model in the Asia-Pacific region for its mother tounge-based bilingual education program, which has enabled children and adults from minority populations, who do not speak the national language at home, to access quality basic education,” Unesco and Unicef said in a joint statement yesterday to mark World Mother Tongue Day. [Read full article…]

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Malaria Deaths Plunged in First Half of 2010

August 6, 2010 Health

The number of deaths from malaria in the first half of the year dropped by more than two-thirds compared to the same period in 2009, according to National Malaria Center data. “This year, cases and deaths have decreased due to our village workers; secondly, high coverage of bed nets; and thirdly, we are not out [...]

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