Why we have started a school and good reasons to help us.
Actually I can't read the whole thing, personally combating these issues it makes me tear up so I'll highlight somethings for you and ask you to read the whole article.
"in 1931" only 7 children graduated high school" The education numbers climbed into the 1960's when it suffered further devastation under Khmer Rouge.
"Soviet sources report that 90 percent of all teachers were killed under the Khmer Rouge regime. Only 50 of the 725 university instructors, 207 of the 2,300 secondary school teachers, and 2,717 of the 21,311 primary school teachers survived." My in-laws were almost all teachers but almost all of them survived.
Keep in mind statistics are far different than reality. Under the section "Dropout rates" a survey suggest 92% should finish elementary while school administration suggest it is more like 43%.
"The low 40% enrollment rate at secondary level and 5% at tertiary level."
The numbers I've read says 3 to 5% enroll in college less graduate.
Sections labeled "Tertiary (college), Poverty, Teachers, and Corruption" share important contributing factors to the problem.
This last school year we had 154 students we failed around 50 of them because when they came to us they didn't know their own alphabet. They do now, but they aren't proficient in their grade to continue on.
Hopefully this next year they will catch up enough and add to the stories of success we've had already.
The steps we've taken in opening a school especially in the village is huge. Please be apart of it.
Please read the full page.
