Prey Veng teachers demand full salary
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- Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:48:39 -0800 (PST)
Prey Veng teachers demand full salary
Written by Khouth Sophak Chakrya
Thursday, 18 December 2008
TEACHERS in Prey Veng have lodged a complaint with the minister of
education against the top education official in the province who they
said has been skimming money from their salaries.
The teachers complained that since September, Him Sophal, the director
of the province's Department of Education, has conspired with other
officials in the department to siphon off state resources meant for
teachers, including US$2.50 from their already bare-bones monthly
salaries.
"They have not only been reducing our salary, but even the subsidies
we're supposed to get for our families have been cut off," said Eng
Tong Ney, a teacher in Preah Sdech district and the province's
representative of the Kingdom's main teachers union, the Cambodian
Independent Teachers Association (CITA). "And we have not received our
salary for the past month," he added.
He said that when the teachers informed officials at the province's
Department of Education, Youth and Sports, their complaint fell on
deaf ears.
Busy being a monk
The administrator accused of heading the graft, Him Sophal, told the
Post that he was not familiar with the allegations, saying that he has
been occupied with his one-month foray as a monk at a nearby pagoda.
"When I leave the monkhood at the end of next week, I will research
this case and try to find a good solution," he said.
The CITA stepped in on Tuesday, asking the Education Ministry to
compensate teachers in the province.
Chey Chap, a secretary of state at the Education Ministry, would only
say that "if the teachers have a real problem, they should contact us
directly, and not through their union leader".
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