Chiming in here, as the OP began with comments about education, and apologies if i'm preaching to the choir about ed policies in cambodia.
Public schools follow the Khmer national curriculum, which includes english. ACE does not teach the same curriculum, so that anyone bussed in to teach at a public school would have to a) teach the national curriculum, or b) that individual school would need to negotiate with MoEYS to adapt a curriculum and provide curriculum standards for that school. Can this be upscaled? Questionable.
Public schools are funded by Gov, and run by teachers/principals/officers who have been trained by the Gov and have to maintain their certification by remaining at least part time employed within a public school. I think ACE could provide training, but simply replacing Gov trained teachers with ACE backpackers isn't a solid solution long term. It doesn't upskill existing workforces. What would also be the incentive for Gov trained teachers to pay or partake in ACE training? It's hours of their time outside the classroom or away from 2nd jobs to not receive a pay increase.
ACE has done a fine job of providing EL training for students and adults, allowing so many access to better paying jobs and university. In terms of corporate responsibility, ACE provides quite reasonably priced services, with a term of english at around $145 (around 2.5 months of classes) which if compared to minimum wage of garment workers, is affordable. Investing in IDP is a means of strengthening networks for university placement, money making? Yes, it's a business. But in terms of providing pathways for cambodian students, how does that not represent interest in furthering the nation?
As someone who currently works with universities, I have found the lack of knowledge surrounding further education pathways in cambodia astounding. ACE, with IDP have arguable made the most progress in addressing this knowledge gap.
ACE = 21m$/year
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Well personally I've never had any dealings with ACE but they have a good reputation. They've been here for about 30 years. Of course the odd disgruntled ex-employee is going to pop up every now and again complaining how they done him wrong.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Happens in home schooling too. My friend back in the 70s was doing great with their nanny, then their disgruntled psycho dad turned up and did her in before making a run for it, with kinds of excuses how he'd been wronged, never to be seen again!
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You what?!??!?!?
I think the rich have more motivationJollyBee wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 10:26 amCambodia's rich fall over themselves every year when it comes time to donate to The Cambodian Red Cross. Shouldn't big private schools compete to give the most to boost the quality of rural education?
$21mn/year, should be able to do competent background checks with that
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