He is 26 years old. He is ethnically Lao, one of Cambodia's several ethnic minorities. He is married and has a daughter.
His house is about 1 km away from the Develo School No. One. He walks to school everyday.
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The Cambodia Rural School Project
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He
is 26 years old. He is ethnically Lao, one of Cambodia's several ethnic
minorities. He is married and has a daughter.
His house is about 1 km away from the Develo School No. One. He walks to school
everyday.
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On
his history:
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“I
was born and raised in this village. In 1994, I graduated from the
teacher school in the provincial town of Banlung. After teacher school I
was sent to work at a primary school in the district town of Andoung
Meas. After six years of teaching children, I was promoted to school
director. Two years later, I asked the Ministry of Education
to transfer to this school, in my home village.”
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On
teaching:
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“When
I was a student I was good in Khmer language. Now, I prefer teaching
Khmer language to the other subjects in the school, because I want these
children to learn as much as me. Khmer language is spoken over the whole
country and it is also the official language so that any citizen,
including our Lao children, has to learn and speak it. Among the 150
students in my school, 120 can speak Khmer Language, but they can not
pronounce it clearly and fluently.”
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On
teaching difficulties:
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“While
teaching I have encountered two difficulties: First, it is hard to teach Khmer language to the
first grade students because they are not familiar with the language. I
have to explain to them in Lao and sometimes I have to show them a
picture for them to understand what a particular word means. Second,
many students are absent in the rainy season because they have to help
their parents farm. Their rice fields are far away from the village and
the farmers have to stay by the field when they farm, so their children
have to do so as well.”
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