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Education in state schools |
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Not all Cambodian children working on the rubbish dump are in need of remedial studies. And so, wherever possible, PSE prefers to place the children in state schools. It is a good way of reintegrating them into the state education system and avoids any unnecessary substitution by PSE in a government operated field.
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A boarding school to go all the way through their studies |
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As we have already told you, the waste disposal site of Stung Meanchey has moved. This has caused an increase in the price that our families were paying for the plots of land on which to build their little shacks. Because they cannot pay these rents anymore, many are obliged to move far away. Others have to go because the local council wants the land back. This means that the children of these families, those who study in the Remedial Centre or who undertake Professional Training, are in danger of having to stop their studies if we can’t find a way to lodge them. The same problem applies to those of our children that come from Siem Reap or from Sihanoukville.
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Schooling at the Centre For Remedial Studies |
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In May 1996, a Centre for Remedial Studies was set up for children who could no longer be reintegrated into the state school system. Too old or unstable, they could only rely on PSE to obtain an education.
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As for the others, they are followed by a team of social workers who monitor class-attendance both at the Centre and in all external schools, immediately check the reasons for absences, and manage family issues, working in close collaboration with local authorities. These children know the emergency number given to them by heart, and know they may call it at any time of day or night.
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