ONE of the best things a student can do to get a good job after graduation is to have a part-time job while studying, according to consultant Yim Meng Chhorn at recruitment company  HR Inc Cambodia.

THE managing director of one of Phnom Penh’s leading recruitment companies says young Cambodians just starting out should take any job at a company they like – even if it is making coffee – because that’s what will get them the experience they need to make future gains in their careers.

WE may well think that after the drastic rupture implemented by the Khmer Rouge regime in the field of education, the understanding of the Cambodian contemporary educational system could do without its history.

ONE option for people who want an emphasis on the English language is the English Language Training Institute (ELT), which is on Street 136 just off Norodom Boulevard and is co-located with Cambodian International University.

CAMBODIA’S largest English-language university is Pannasastra University of Cambodia, which has 26,000 students and runs 650 classes in English per day.

ONE of Phnom Penh’s more expensive international schools, located in a green, fenced-in compound in the western part of the city, offers an International Baccalaureate diploma that enables students to skip their first year of some universities.

ONE of Phnom Penh’s unique high schools is Zaman International School, which has a campus tucked in between the Russian Embassy and land adjacent to Sofitel, straight down the road from NagaWorld and around the corner from Almond Hotel.

CAMBODIA’S school for blind and deaf children is called Krousar Thmey, which means new family in the Khmer language.  

THE Financial Institute of Cambodia (FIC) is offering highly specialised courses designed to train people to work in the financial, accounting and taxation sectors – especially in connection with the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX).

ONE of the most highly-respected organisations that trains young Cambodians in Information Technology, the Center for Information Systems Training (CIST), only accepts high school graduates from poor families, and has 100 percent success in employment when they graduate.

A SOCIAL enterprise called Digital Divide Data takes poor people from the provinces and teaches them English and computer skills while they work and get paid – transforming physical documents to searchable digital archives for a variety of clients.

ONE of Phnom Penh’s leading design schools is Raffles International College, which offers two-year advanced diplomas in fashion design, interior design, graphic design and fashion marketing and management.

A NEW English school called the American Education Center has just opened in Phnom Penh with a programme called DynEd that calls itself “a blended approach to English language learning”.

Promising Cambodian graduates and young professionals are heading to Australia to hone their skills.