Japan’s Assistance for Literacy Education in Cambodia
AKP Phnom Penh , March 29, 2012 –
The Government of Japan has agreed to provide US$17,570 to Cultural
Aid Project for South East Asia for the Project for Supporting Literacy
Education.
Mr. Machida Tatsuya, Counsellor, Embassy of Japan to the Kingdom of
Cambodia , and Dr. Penn Setharin, Representative of Cultural Aid Project
for South East Asia , signed here on Tuesday at the Embassy of Japan
the Grant Contracts.
Around 3,000 children will enjoy learning to read and write through
colorful reading books in Khmer, said Mr. Machida Tatsuya after the
signing ceremony.
In addition, he added, the mobile library of Cultural Aid Project for
South East Asia has planned to go every week to different villages so
that local students and villagers could read different books including
picture books translated from Japanese.
For her part, Dr. Penn Setharin said the project of publishing
reading books and translating picture books into Khmer is very important
for both children and adults who start learning to write and read.
This is a good method for literacy as well as morality education for
children and the Cambodian people in contribution to the development of
human resource in Cambodia , she said.
By SOKMOM Nimul
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