Nat Theap # 192

The Cambodia Rural School Project The Rom Chek Nippon Foundation School Mr. Nat Theap is the supervisor of the Rom Chek Nippon Foundation School. On himself: I am twenty-eight years old. I have a nine-month old son. My wife stays at home to watch the baby, and feed our chickens, pigs, and ducks. We keep […]

The Cambodia Rural School Project

The Rom Chek Nippon

Foundation School



Mr. Nat Theap is the supervisor of the Rom Chek Nippon Foundation School.

On himself: I am twenty-eight years old. I have a nine-month old son. My wife stays at home to watch the baby, and feed our chickens, pigs, and ducks. We keep the animals to sell them. When I don’t supervise, I farm. I live fifteen kilometers away from the school. It takes me about thirty minutes to get to school by motorcycle.

 

On class size*:

There are not enough teachers for us to teach beyond third grade. After third grade, students have to go to another school if they want to continue their studies. Many drop out then or before, because their parents need them to stay at home and work.

(*see above: “class size”)

On the new building:

When we received the new building, I was delighted. The old school was very old. The walls had so many holes in them, you could look out in every direction from inside the classroom. It looked as though it was about to collapse. I was worried most about the wind; I was afraid that the wind would collapse it. Now that we have a new building, I am encouraging students to come to school, and for the community to take care of the school by building a fence around it. I am trying to persuade the students that dropped out to resume their studies.