Education system out of its depth

By Maria Wirth. When Sim Sok Toeur, 32, returned from study in Australia last April, he did so with a vision for Phnom Penh’s skyline.
“A building’s appearance doesn’t matter [to architects here],” he told the Post. “I studied urban development and design as an addition to architecture to get a broader view – and to improve the way cities are developed here.”
For Sok Toeur, a scholarship to study overseas granted him a better quality of education than was possible in Cambodia – even though the country has more than 100 universities, about 40 of which are public. More...