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SPRINGBOARD UK Education Festival 2010, Cambodia
- 4th February 2010

The Cambodian economy is showing very good growth. GDP is growing and oil will start being pumped in a year. Whilst Cambodia may not immediately come to mind as a prime market for British Institutions it does offer great opportunities for those who want first mover advantage.

Indeed possibly Asia's best kept secret is that the size of Cambodia’s economy has doubled in less than a decade. If the economy continues to grow at this rate, Cambodia will be a middle income country by around 2015. The economic growth was 9.6 percent in 2007, compared to 13.5 percent in 2005 and 10.8 percent in 2006. Based on this growth rate, per capita income increased from $288 in 2000 to $589 in 2007. Cambodia’s future growth depends on diversification and the need to develop exports. The country has abundant natural resources and benefits from having a coastline with a deep seaport; so there is great potential for Cambodia to become a part of the global supply chain. This all demands a well educated local workforce.

There are now some very good Cambodian universities including some which teach in English and who have articulation agreements in place with well known American and Australian equivalents.

SpringBoard have already been able to help British Institutions wanting to sign similar articulations. We have ran the first ever UK Cambodian Education Fair in Phnom Penh on February 2009 and have worked with the British Council in Thailand to schedule our Fair in 2010 on 4th of February. The venue is at National of Education, Phnom Penh. It is open for public and FREE entrance.

Click here to download the Visitor Registration Form.

For further information about SPRINGBOARD UK Education Festival 2010, please contact Mr Sen Pidet at info@springboard4cambodia.com.

For additional information about Cambodia Education, you may click on the following list to download from our server.

1. UNESCO Report on Secondary Education Regional Information Base:
    Country Profile Cambodia


2. Kingdom of Cambodia MoEYS Education Statistics Indicators 2006

3. Cambodia Socio-Economic Survey 2004

4. Malcolm Innes-Brown (2006): ‘Report on Higher Education, Cambodia’

5. ADB (Asian Development Bank) Proposed Fund Grant: Kingdom of
    Cambodia, Enhancing Education Quality.

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