Permeability in Cambodian Post-secondary Education and Training: A Growing Convergence
This study explores the permeability between Cambodia’s post-secondary technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and academic higher education systems. Permeability refers to the ability of learners to transfer across educational tracks and qualification levels, promoting lifelong learning and social inclusion. Drawing on interviews wi...
Vending in the City: Unprotected Yet Better Off
Street food vending is a vital part of the urban economy, and the poor, in particular, rely on it to earn their living. We examine their socio-economic dimension, especially their backgrounds and business operations and challenges, as well as the perspectives on life satisfaction among different income earners. Importantly, we looked at the margina...
Pesticide Use Practices in Cambodia’s Vegetable Farming
Pesticides are agricultural technologies that farmers use to control pests and weeds and remain an important modern input for crop production including vegetable farming. There are many types of pesticides, such as insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides and herbicides, that target different threats to crops. While the potential production benefits...
De-framing STEM Discourses in Cambodia
This qualitative study examines the development of STEM programs in Cambodian higher education, using as its theoretical framework Chesky and Wolfmeyer’s (2015) concept of an integrative STEM education, which highlights the intersections between purpose, pedagogy and content. The teaching of STEM in Cambodia remains discipline-based, dominated by t...
What Skills Training Do Cambodian Garment Workers Need?
This study aimed to identify the current skills of Cambodian garment workers, whether or not they wanted to gain new skills and, if so, what those were. The results revealed that the greatest percentage – 60 – had acquired sewing skills, followed by quality control and packaging skills. More than two-thirds were also able to read, write and calcula...
The Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Water Resources in Cambodia: From Local Communities’ Perspectives
This study investigates the impacts of climate change on agriculture and water resources in Cambodia, focusing on local communities across four agro-ecological zones. Using a mixed-methods approach—including surveys, focus group discussions, and vulnerability assessments—the research identifies site-specific climate hazards such as droughts, floods...
Competency-Based TVET in Cambodia: Promise and Reality
This study examines the development and implementation of competency-based training (CBT) in Cambodia’s technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector. Introduced to align education with labour market needs, CBT emphasises student-centered, practice-oriented learning and flexible, modular curricula. Despite its potential, CBT impleme...
Characteristics and Issues on Internship at Cambodian Private Firms: A Scoping Study
To address the problems of skills mismatch, skills gaps and low-skilled labour that is hindering Cambodia’s economic development, the RGC issued the 2017 Internship Policy. Part of a larger endeavour to link providers of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to private firms, the project aimed to give TVET students real, workbased...
The Contribution of Vocational Skills Development to Cambodia’s Economy
This study investigates the role of vocational skills development (VSD) in addressing Cambodia’s industrial labour shortages and its broader economic impact. Using firm-level survey data from 101 companies in the garment, food processing, and electronic and electrical assembly sectors, alongside a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model, the res...
Understanding Cambodian Deans’ Conceptions and Approaches to University Accountability
University accountability in Cambodia, in both a theoretical and practical context, is ruled by complexity and there is no common understanding of what it means and how it should be assessed. This study examines how accountability in Cambodian universities is oriented towards different accounting constituencies – the government, the market, academ...