Cambodia Adventist School – Kantrok is a K-9
co-educational
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Christian school located in
Siem Reap, Cambodia. Unlike
Cambodia Adventist School located in
Phnom Penh, it is registered as a Cambodia Adventist Mission rural school but is operated by "Salt Ministries".
The school is operated and funded by SALT Ministries. The school charges a nominal fee of US$5–20 per student per year, but many families are too poor to pay this. The staff at the school are all volunteers receiving $45 for singles and $65 for families per month.
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History
Cambodia Adventist School – Kantrok began in 1999 as a literacy school for poor children. When the school first opened in 1999, classes were held on a veranda. Later the students received desks to sit on. The first permanent school building was constructed in 2002, with five classrooms. The school plans to add high school classes in
English
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for the 2005/6 school year, offering grade 7. Each year an additional grade will be added.
In the year 2004, the school was officially recognised by the Cambodian government as a primary school. Having a
Seventh-day Adventist school is important as government schools teach students on Saturdays, which conflicts beliefs of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church, and many schools will not allow children to have Saturdays off.
Academics
As of October 2004, the Cambodia Adventist School – Kantrok, has 130 students studying in grades K-6. Because the school has outgrown its facilities, the kindergarten class convenes on a veranda at the lay training housing facility, and the Grade 6 class use the Sala Chann (church hall). The student body is about 30% village children and 70% Wat Preah Yesu children. The children follow the Cambodian government curriculum taught in
Khmer for 3 hours, and an English curriculum for 3 hours each day. They also receive Bible teachings as a subject. The school plans to add computer and manual arts to the curriculum.
See also
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Wat Preah Yesu
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Cambodia Adventist School
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Seventh-day Adventist education
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References
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Schools in Cambodia
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