Under Hà Nội Department of Education and Training’s regulations, preschools and elementary schools across the city notified parents not to send their children to school when the temperature dropped below 10 degrees Celsius.
SeeBeyondBorders UK, a London-based charity focused on providing access to quality teaching in Cambodian primary schools, has been awarded a Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) grant from the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
Less than 3% of Cambodian 15-year-olds achieve minimum proficiency levels in Maths, Literacy or Science, and SeeBeyondBorders is seeking to address this learning crisis by training teachers who can implement an educational programme replicable nationwide.
The funding, provided with UK aid from the UK government, will help the charity implement its Embedding Mentoring project. This will:
Coach and support the District Office of Education to take ownership of the mentoring and continued professional development of their teachers;