No Education for Highland Kids
Ratanakiri, 2008.
A recent UNESCO report finds that in Ratanakiri and Mondolkiri - the two Cambodian provinces with the highest concentrations of indigenous minorities - school attendance lags far behind the rest of the country. Boys average only 3.2 years of schooling, while girls get a paltry 1.8 years.
In fact, northeast Cambodia is one of 20 regions in the world facing "acute education deprivation," according to UNESCO.
Posted on Monday, Jun 14, 2010
