Females Still in Need of Better Access to University Education

By Dene-Hern Chen - October 8, 2012

Women’s advocates and officials at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs yesterday celebrated the U.N.’s International Day of the Girl in Phnom Penh and called for greater access to higher education for girls in Cambodia so they can avoid falling into exploitative jobs.


“Girls who start an adult life with an education handicap step into a life that is characterized by a weak status and horizons,” Undersecretary of State Prak Channay said at the Harpswell Dormitory and Leadership Center, which takes young women with little means in the provinces and supports them in pursuing post-secondary studies.

“Their ability to negotiate a better salary, better social protection benefits, to claim their rights and get promoted to better and more secure jobs is more limited than those who are prepared with a higher education diploma,” Ms. Channay said, adding that girls who are uneducated can be lured into informal channels of the economy.
According to the U.N., gender parity is “slightly off-track” for females going into university education in Cambodia, which currently scores 57.5. A score of 100 is equal to complete parity. The target number for Cambodia under the U.N.’s millennium development goals is to reach a score of 61.5 by 2015.

Though progress has been made in terms of encouraging girls to attend primary and secondary school, a third of Cambodian adult women are still illiterate, Ms. Channay said.

Chheng Sivgech, 21, a fourth-year law student at the Royal University of Law and Economics, said the biggest obstacle for her was that her parents did not have the money to send her to school, and that they were worried about her safety in Phnom Penh. However, the Harpswell program has provided her with all the support she needs in order to gain access to a full education.

“Harpswell also teaches me to be confident, about how to be a good student and how to have good communication [skills],” said Ms. Sivgech. “These things can help me a lot even if they cannot help me directly to be a lawyer; it can prepare me to be independent.”
(Additional reporting by Len Leng)

Civil engineering students on the rise in Cambodia

Thursday, 04 October 2012

Seun Son

 

Students finishing their secondary education this year are carefully looking at market demand to decide what to study to ensure solid future earnings.

Many educators say the recent growth of the construction sector in Cambodia is encouraging parents and students to enroll at the universities of architecture and civil engineering.

Lim Soktai, the dean of the College of Architecture and Civil Engineering of Norton University said that school is important in the development of human resources for success.

He said that in 2011 there were about 600 students enrolling in the College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, and that number is expected to increase in 2012.

Soktai said the number will increase due to the strong growth of the construction sector in recent years. This influences students to major in architecture and civil engineering, because the labour market for this sector is big and they can find jobs after their third academic year.

He claimed, “our university has high-quality professors, materials and experiment equipment, enabling students graduating from our university to find jobs easily.”

He added that there is a high demand for labour in the Kingdom’s construction and architecture market.

Duong Chanthea, the manager of the careers department for students of the National Technical Training Institute, said that the number students enrolling in the architecture and civil construction at the Institute of Technical Training is about 540 this year, an increase of 20 to 30 per cent compared with 2011.

She added that this increase is due to the recommendations by students of previous years who used to study at the institute.

Chanthea claimed, “The real estate market is recovering, increasing the price of land and construction as well as the demand for labour in the field of architecture and civil engineering.”

She continued, “This year, more than 600 students graduated from the National Technical Training Institute, and I hope that they all will find good jobs based on their individual skills.”

Tous Saphoeun, the dean of the College of Architecture and Civil Engineering of Panassastra University, said that in developing countries like Cambodia, architecture and civil engineering is in high demand, and graduates can all find jobs.

However Saphoeun said that this year, only about 100 students had enrolled in the field of architecture and civil engineering, a decrease of 20 per cent compared to 2011, when 130 students enrolled.

He claimed, “This decrease is because the real estate market is not recovering well, the demand is not much as in 2011, and is of little interest of students, even if this profession has a big market in the future.”

Saphoeun added that the government should promote this sector because it can absorb a lot of people, after tourism.

He said, “Even though the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction announced the increase of construction projects this year, I have noted that it does not increase remarkably because the projects they are doing this time are old projects from 2005. I think this sector seems to be sleeping.”

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To contact the reporter on this story: Seun Son at son.seun@phnompenhpost.com

 

Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Makes a Correction over a Xinhua’s Report

AKP Phnom Penh, October 08, 2012 

The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Saturday last week made a correction over a Xinhua News Agency’s report concerning the number of countries, which vowed to support Cambodia for non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
According to the Spokesperson’s statement, on Oct. 5, 2012 Xinhua News Agency published a false information, by misquoting him that “… So far, over 100 countries out of the UN’s 193 member countries have voiced their supports for us, Koy Kuong, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, told reporters”.

“I wish to completely reject this exaggerating information issued by Xinhua News Agency. I did not mention such information at the Ministry on Oct. 5, 2012,” said the Spokesperson.

“In fact on Oct. 5, 2012, in response to questions relating to the upcoming election of the Cambodia’s candidature for the non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, I stated that, ‘We simply hope in the election but we cannot make any conclusion on the number of countries that will vote for us. Importantly, we have to wait for actual result of the upcoming election at the UN on Oct. 18, 2012. Each candidate shall be supported by at least two-third majority votes out of all 193 UN member states. Permanent representatives of the 193 countries at the UN will cast their votes,” he said.

By KHAN Sophirom

MFA-IC’s Clarification over Mr. Mom Sonando’s Case

AKP Phnom Penh, October 08, 2012

The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA-IC) has issued a statement in response to some adverse reactions concerning the case of Mr. Mom Sonando, President of the Association of Democrats of Cambodia and Director of the Beehive Radio and his accomplices.

According to the statement dated last Friday, the Spokesperson of the MFA-IC made a clarification as follows:

“1-The case of Mr. Mom Sonando and his accomplices is not about the freedom of expression or the independence and impartially of the court in Cambodia. It is also not a politically-motivated case, as some have falsely alleged. Cambodia is a democratic and an open society, and respects the due process of law.

2- Mr. Mom Sonando is the Mastermind of the SECESSIONIST movement, as some key witnesses have testified against him before the court. At the same time, the court has convicted him based on evidence beyond any reason of doubt.

3. The case of Mr. Mom Sonando is completely a separate, individual case, which has nothing to do with the overall freedom of expression. To be sure, his radio station (The Beehive Radio) remains functioning, while his Association of the Democrats of Cambodia continues to be operational.

4. However, it is easy and tempting for outsiders to make sweeping unsubstantiated statements on the case of Mr. Mom Sonando. Those statements have attempted to influence the Court of Law in Cambodia, which undermines the independence and impartibility of the Court.

5. As a State of Law, Cambodia must implement its legal process and will not allow any secession to take place in the country.”

Mr. Mom Sonando was arrested on July 15, 2012 in connection with a so-called secessionist plot in Kratie, a northeastern part of Cambodia and in early this month, Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted him for 20 years in jail and fined 10 million Riel (about US$2,500).

By KHAN Sophirom

Criticism of Sonando verdict blasted by government

Monday, 08 October 2012

May Titthara

 

In a bluntly worded statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has shot back at critics of the Mam Sonando verdict, stressing that there were no political motivations to the case and accusing “outsiders” of trying to pressure a sovereign court.

“Mr. Mam Sonando is the mastermind of the secessionist movement, as some key witnesses have testified against him before the court,” reads a spokesman statement dated Friday and issued in response to “adverse reactions”.

“[I]t is easy and tempting for outsiders to make sweeping unsubstantiated statements on the case of Mr. Mam Sonando. Those statements have attempted to influence the Court of Law in Cambodia, which undermines the independence and impartiality of the Court,” it continues.

On October 1, the independent radio station owner was found guilty on insurrection charges and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Over the course of a week, the reaction from rights groups, media watchdogs, opposition leaders, and foreign governments has been swift and damning.

Officials from the US, France and European Union offered unusually critical statements, some calling for swift appeals, while others asked for the conviction to be dropped outright.

While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said such calls amounted to political interference, rights workers said it was a farce to pretend the courts operated any differently.

“They always call for intervention from the premier because the court is biased and a tool exploited by the powerful and well off,” pointed out Am Sam Ath, senior investigator at rights group Licadho, adding that the government should heed calls for reform of the less-than-independent court system.

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To contact the reporter on this story: May Titthara at titthara.may@phnompenhpost.com

ទិវា​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ឆ្នាំ​នេះ​ក្រសួង​សន្យា​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ខែ​២០%​បើ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​រីកចម្រើន

Monday, 08 October 2012

សែន ដាវីត

 

 លោក អ៊ឹម សិ​ទ្ធី រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​អប់​រំ យុវ​ជន និង​កីឡា​ ​​។ រូបថត ហុង មិនា

ភ្នំពេញៈ គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ជិត​៣០០​នាក់​មក​ពី​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស​បាន​ប្រារព្ធ​ពិធី «ទិវា​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​»​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ នៅ​ឧទ្យាន​សេរីភាព ដើម្បី​ស្នើ​ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ខែ​គ្រូ​ដល់​១លាន​រៀល។ ប៉ុន្តែ ​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ​បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ថា ក្រសួង​នឹង​ដំឡើង​២០​ភាគរយ​បើ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​រីក​ចម្រើន។

លោក រ៉ុង ឈុន ប្រធាន​សមាគម​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​កម្ពុជា​ឯករាជ្យ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ប្រហែល​៣០០​នាក់ មក​ពី​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស និង​សិស្សានុសិស្ស​បាន​ផ្ញើ​លិខិត​ទៅ​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល រដ្ឋ​សភា និង​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ ដើម្បី​ស្នើ​សុំ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​បៀវត្សរ៍​យ៉ាង​ហោច​ក៏​ឲ្យ​បាន​មួយ លាន​រៀល​ដែរ ក្នុង​មួយ​ខែ។
លោក​ថា៖​ «យើង​បាន​ស្នើ​សុំ​ជា​ច្រើន​ឆ្នាំ​មក​ហើយ​ ចាប់​តាំង​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០០០ ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ដំឡើង ប៉ុន្តែ ការ​ដំឡើង​នោះ​មិន​ច្រើន​ណាស់​ទេ សុំ​ត្រឹម​តែ​មួយ​លាន​រៀល​ក្នុង​១​ខែ​ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​មាន​តុល្យភាព​នឹង តម្លៃ​ប្រេង និង​អាហារ​ដែល​មាន​តម្លៃ​ខ្ពស់​។ ប៉ុន្តែ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល និង​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ​មិន​ដែល​ឆ្លើយ​តប​ជា​វិជ្ជមាន​ទេ រហូត​ដល់​ពេល​នេះ​»។

អ្នក គ្រូ គឹម ដារ៉ានី មក​ពី​ខេត្ត​ពោធិ៍សាត់​ថា គាត់​បង្រៀន​តាំង​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​១៩៨១ ប៉ុន្តែ​គាត់​នៅ​តែ​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​ខែ​តែ ៣០​ម៉ឺន​រៀល​។ គាត់​សុំ​ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ខែ​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​។ អ្នក​គ្រូ​ថា ៖«​តើ​ឲ្យ​ខ្ញុំ​ផ្គត់ផ្គង់​ជីវភាព​គ្រួសារ​យ៉ាង​ម៉េច បើ​អ្វីៗ​នៅ​ទីផ្សារ​ថ្លៃ​ដូច​ជា​ប្រេង​និង​ម្ហូប​ជា​ដើម»។

លោក​គ្រូ សុខ សំអូន មក​ពី​ខេត្ត ស្វាយរៀង​ថា ឥឡូវ​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ធ្វើ​ការងារ​ក្រៅ ពី​ព្រោះ​តែ​ប្រាក់​ខែ​តិច​ចាយ​មិន​គ្រប់គ្រាន់ បើ​ប្រៀប​ធៀប​នឹង​តម្លៃ​ផលិតផល​ទីផ្សារ​។

លោក​ថា៖ «គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ខ្លះ ឆ្លៀត​ទៅ​លក់​ដូរ រត់​ម៉ូតូ​ឌុប ឬ​បង្រៀន​សាលា​ឯកជន ជាដើម។ យើង​មិន​ចង់​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់​ជីវភាព​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ទេ ប៉ុន្តែ​គ្មាន​ជម្រើស​ឡើយ​ដើម្បី​ក្រពះ»។
លោក អ៊ឹម សិទ្ធិ រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ យុវជននិង​កីឡា​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ក្នុង​ឱកាស​ទិវា​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​នោះ​ថា ក្រសួង​មិន​បាន​ព្រងើយ​កន្តើយ​ចំពោះ​ជីវភាព​រស់​នៅ​របស់​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ឡើយ​ និង​ក៏​មាន​ផែន​ការ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​បៀវត្សរ៍​គ្រូ​ជា​ជំហានៗ​។

លោក​ថា ៖​«​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​នឹង​ដំឡើង​២០​ភាគរយ​ឬ​ច្រើន​ជាង​នេះ​ជា​រៀងរាល់​ឆ្នាំ ​ចាប់​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣​ទៅ។ តែ​ឥឡូវ​យើង​នឹង​ដំឡើង​២០​ភាគរយ បើ​សិន​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ជាតិ​រីក​ចម្រើន។ យើង​ពិត​ជា​ចង់​ជំរុញ​គុណភាព​វិស័យ​អប់រំ​ណាស់ ប៉ុន្តែ​សមាគម​ខ្លះ​នៅ​តែ​បន្ទោស​ក្រសួង​»៕ CC

ហេតុ​អ្វី​មនុស្ស​មួយ​ចំនួន​ធំ​មិន​ខំ​សម្អាត​ចិត្ត​ឲ្យ​ស​ដូច​សម្អាត​កាយ?

Monday, 08 October 2012

តុង សុប្រាជ្ញ

 

បន្ទាប់​ពី​កុបកម្ម​ ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​ស្ថាន​ទូត​ប្រទេស​ថៃ​ នៅ​ទីក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ​កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០០៣ មក ខ្សែ​ភាពយន្ត​ថៃ ក៏​ត្រូវ​បាន​រលត់​ផុត​បន្តិច​ម្តងៗ​ រហូត​ដល់​លែង​មាន​ចាក់​បញ្ចាំង​ នៅ​តាម​បណ្តាញ​ទូរទស្សន៍​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​នានា​ នា​ពេល​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​នេះ ហើយ​ជំនួស​ដោយ​ខ្សែ​ភាពយន្ត​កូរ៉េ​​វិញ​ម្តង ដែល​តារាៗ​សុទ្ធ​តែ​ស្បែក​ពណ៌​ស ​និង​កែ​សម្ផស្ស​មុខ​មាត់​ច្រមុះ និង​មាន​ចម្រៀង​និង​ចង្វាក់​រាំ​កូរ៉េ​ល្បីៗ ដូចជា Gangnam Style ផង​ដែរ។

ឯ ​យុវវ័យ​ខ្មែរ​ និង​តារាៗ​ខ្មែរ​ស្ទើរ​តែ​ទាំង​អស់​ក៏​ងាយ​នឹង​ឈ្លក់​វង្វេង​ ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​ចម្លង​វប្បធម៌​ភ្លាមៗ​ពី​គេ​តាំង​ពី​ម៉ូដ​សម្លៀក​បំពាក់​ ម៉ូដ​សក់​ កាយវិការ របៀប​និយាយ សម្ភារ​និយម​ ជា​ពិសេស ការ​កែ​សម្ផស្ស ​ខំ​ប្រឹង​បក​ស្បែក​ឲ្យស ឬ​ក៏​ចាក់​ថ្នាំ​ឲ្យ​ស​ដូច​តារាៗ​ជន​ជាតិ​កូរ៉េ​ទាំង​នោះ​ទៀត​ផង​ ដោយ​មិន​គិត​ពី​ផល​ប៉ះពាល់​ពេល​ក្រោយ​ទេ​។  ហេតុ​អ្វី​បាន​ជា​មនុស្ស​មួយ​​ចំនួន​ ខិតខំ​ប្រឹង​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​រូប​កាយ​ស តែ​មិន​ខំ​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ចិត្ត​ខ្លួន​ឯង​ស​ដូច​រូប​កាយ​?
ទាល់​តែ​ សមត្ថកិច្ច​ឃុំ​ខ្លួន​ និង​តុលាការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ជា​ផ្លូវ​ការ​ពី​បទ​ជួញ​ដូរ​មនុស្ស​ កាល​ពី​២​សប្តាហ៍​មុន ​ហើយ​ទើប​ដឹង​ថា​ ជន​ជាប់​ចោទ​ ចាន់ ​ស្រីណុច​ ហៅ ​ចែ ​មុំ ​ថៅ​កែ​សម្អាង​កាយ​មីកាហ្សា ជា​អ្នក​ជួញ​ដូរ​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ កាលីប​លើ​នៅ​ស្រុក​ខ្មែរ​ ពោល​គឺ​បើ​និយាយ​ឲ្យ ​សាមញ្ញ​ថា ជា​អ្នក​ដឹក​ញី​ បន្ស៊ី​ឈ្មោល​។ ​គឺ​ដឹក​ស្រ្តី​ដែល​មក​កែ​សម្ផស្ស ដែល​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ជា​តារា​ៗ​ ដែល​ជា​អ្នក​ចម្រៀង​និង​តារា​សម្តែ​ង​ក្មេង​ៗ​ ឲ្យ​ទៅ​រួម​ភេទ​ជា​មួយ​តាតា​ដែល​ជា​អ្នក​មាន​ប្រាក់​ ជា​​ពាណិជ្ជករ ឬ​ក៏​ជា​មន្រ្តី​ឋានៈ​ខ្ពស់​ក្នុង​ជួរ​រាជ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ នៅ​តាម​សណ្ឋាគារ​នានា​នៅ​ស្រុក​ខ្មែរ​។​ ការ​ដែល​សមត្ថកិច្ច អាច​ឈាន​ដល់​ការ​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​ ចែ​ មុំ​ នោះ​ គឺ​ប្រហែល​ជា​មក​ពី​ការ​ចែក​លុយ​ដែល​បាន​មក​ គេ​ច​មិន​ចាំបាច់​បង់ពន្ធ មិន​ស្មើ​គ្នា ដោយ​មាន​ការ​ស៊ី​លើ​ស៊ី​ក្រោម​រវាង​ ចែ មុំ និង​តារា​ស្រីៗ​ទាំង​នោះ​?​ ឬ​មួយ​ក៏​ ចែ មុំ ​ចរចា​ជាមួយ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​មិន​ត្រូវ​រ៉ូវ​គ្នា​?​
ចំពោះ ​ករណី​ទំនាក់​ទំនង​ស្នេហ៍​បែប​នេះ ​គឺ​ឆ្លើយ​តប​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​សិក្សា​ស្រាវជ្រាវ របស់​អង្គការ​ ភីអេសអាយ (PSI) ​កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០០២​ ស្តី​អំពី​ទំនាក់​ទំនង​សង្សារ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​។ ​នៅ​ក្នុង​របាយការណ៍​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​នោះ បាន​លើក​ឡើង​អំពី​ទំនាក់​ទំនង​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​រវាង​តាតា ​និង​ស្រី​តាតា​ ដែល​ពួក​គេ​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ជា​តារា​ចម្រៀង​ ឬ​ក៏​តារា​សម្តែង​ ហើយ​ពួក​គេ​ទារ​លុយ​បាន​ច្រើនៗ​ក្រាស់ក្រែល ពី​តាតា​ទំាង​នោះ​ ហើយ​តារា​ស្រីៗ​ទំាង​នោះ គេ​ហៅថា ស្រ្តី​រក​ស៊ី​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​ដោយ​ប្រយោល​។​ នេះ​គ្រាន់​តែ​លើក​យក​ឧទាហរណ៍​មួយ​មក​បង្ហាញ​ថា​ អ្នក​ដែល​ខំ​ប្រឹង​តែ​ពី​សម្អាត​ឲ្យ​ស​ខ្លួន​ប្រាណ​ តែ​ចិត្ត​មិន​បាន​ស​ ដូច​អ្វី​ដែល​នៅ​ខាង​ក្រៅ​ទេ​។​ ដោយ​សារ​តែ​ចង់​បាន​ភាព​ហ៊ឺហា​ចង់​ស្អាត​ទំនើបកម្ម ឲ្យ​ទាន់​សម័យ​នឹង​គេ​ឲ្យ​គេ​មើល​ឃើញ​ថា​សាច់​ឈាម​ជា​អ្នក​ធូរ​ធារ​។​ តារា​ខ្លះ​ខំ​ធ្វើ​ឫកពា​ដូច​ជា​គ្រាន់​បើ ជាមួយ​នឹង​អ្នក​ល្មមៗ​មិន​ស្មើ​នឹង​ខ្លួន​ទេ​។​ តែ​នៅ​ពី​ក្រោយ​ឆាក​វិញ​ គឺ​លក់​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​ ដែល​ជា​កេរ្តិ៍​ម៉ែ​ចែក​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​វិញ​ នេះ​ហើយ​មិន​មែន​ជា​វប្បធម៌​ប្រពៃណី​ខ្មែរ​ទេ គឺ​ថែម​ទាំង​បាត់​បង់​ភាព​ថ្លៃថ្នូរ​ជា​ស្រ្តី​ខ្មែរ​។​ តារា​ខ្លះ​ទៀត​ ទៅ​ណាត់​គ្នា​ជា​មួយ​តាតា​ ទៅ​ក្រៅ​ស្រុក​ ហើយ​ប្រាប់​គេ​ឯង​ថា​ ទៅ​ដើរ​មើល​ការ​រក​ស៊ី ​ឬ​ក៏​លំហែ​កម្សាន្ត​នៅ​បរទេស​ក៏​មាន​ដែរ ព្រោះ​បើ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​ខ្លាច​ប្រពន្ធ​ដើម​តាម​ទាន់​។ អ៊ីចឹង​ហើយ​បាន​ចេះ​តែ​ឆ្ងល់​តារា​ស្រីៗ​ មួយ​ចំនួន​ឲ្យ​តែ​បាន​ឡើង​ឆាក​លើ​កញ្ចក់​ទូរទស្សន៍ ​ឬ​ក៏​ចេញ​ខារ៉ាអូខេ​វ៉ុល​នេះ​ វ៉ុល​នោះ ឬ​ចេញ​សម្តែង​រឿង​នេះ ​រឿង​នោះ ​មិន​ទាន់​បាន​ប៉ុន្មាន​ផង​ ក៏​ចាប់​ផ្តើម​ជិះ​រថយន្ត​ទំនើបៗ​ភ្លាម​ ឬ​ក៏​សង់​វីឡា ​សម្ភារ​ទំនើបៗ​ទៀត​ផង​ ហើយ​ចាប់​វាយ​ឫក​លែង​ស្គាល់​មិត្ត​ភក្ដិ​បណ្តើរៗ​ផង​ដែរ​។ បើ​ប្រៀប​ធៀប​តារា​ប្រុសៗ​វិញ​គឺ​ឡើង​យឺត​ណាស់​ ទម្រាំ​ទិញ​រថយន្ត​ល្អ​នឹង​គេ​នោះ​។ ឯ​តាតា​មួយ​ចំនួន​ធំ​វិញ​ គឺ​មើល​ពី​ក្រៅ​ទៅ​ ហ៊ឺហា ​ជាមួយ​នឹង​សម្ភារ​ទំនើបៗ​ គឺ​ខិតខំ​ប្រឹង​ពុករលួយ​លក់​ជាតិ​ លក់​ឧត្តមគតិ​ បាត់បង់​សីលធម៌​ មនោសញ្ចេតនា​អស់ ធ្វើ​យ៉ាង​ណា​រក​លុយ​ឲ្យ​បាន​យក​ទៅ​បំពោក​ឲ្យ​ស្រី​ស្នេហ៍​ដែល​ជា​តារាៗ ​ដើម្បី​ប្រយោជន៍​សប្បាយ​តែ​ខ្លួន​ឯង​ម្នាក់ ជា​ជាង​យក​ថវិកា​ទំាង​នោះ​ទៅ​វិនិយោគ​ជា​មួយ​កុមារ​ដែល​ខំ​ត្រដ​រ​រស់ ​និង​ការ​អប់រំ​របស់​ពួក​គេ​។​ បើ​នៅ​តាម​ស្ថាប័ន​ខ្លះ​ គ្រាន់​តែ​មន្ត្រី​ទាំង ​ធំ​ទាំង​តូច​មួយ​ចំនួន​ចូល​ដល់​ការិយាល័យ​ភ្លាម​គឺ​ឮ​តែ​អួត ដាក់់​គ្នា​តែ​ពី​រឿង​ស្រា ​និង​ស្រី ​ជាង​រក​គំនិត​ថ្មីៗ​មក​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ការងារ​។​ នេះ​ក៏​ដោយ​សារ​តែ​មនុស្ស​សម័យ​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​នេះ ​គឺ​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ឲ្យ​តម្លៃ​ទៅ​លើ​សម្ភារ​និយម​ទំាង​ងងឹត​ងងុល​ដែល​បង្ហាញ​ សម្បក ខាង​ក្រៅ​ថា ជា​មនុស្ស​ល្អ​ ដោយ​មិន​គិត​ថា​ ជា​ចោរ​លួច​ជាតិ​ ចោរ​ប្លន់​ ឬ​ក៏​អ្នក​ជួញ​ដូរ​គ្រឿង​ញៀន ​ជួញ​ដូរ​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​ទេ ពោល​គឺ​ឲ្យ​តែ​មាន​រថយន្ត​ទំនើបៗ​មាន​វីឡា​ល្អៗ​សុទ្ធ​តែ​ជា​មនុស្ស​ល្អ​ ហើយ។ ផ្ទុយ​ទៅ​វិញ​ មាន​ចំណេះ​ដឹង​ប៉ុនណា​ក៏​ដោយ​ឲ្យ​តែ​រាង​មិន​ទំនង​បន្តិច​តាំង​វាយ​តម្លៃ​ គ្នា​ភ្លាម​។
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Monday, 08 October 2012 (The Phnom Penh Post)

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ភ្នំពេញៈ មន្ត្រី​យោធា​ពាក់​ផ្កាយ​២ ម្នាក់ត្រូវ​សាលា​ដំបូង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ ធ្វើ​ការ​សាកសួរ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ត្រូវ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​បញ្ជូន​មក​កាលពី​ ម្សិលមិញ​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​ប្រើ​អំណាច​ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ក្នុង​ ការ​ចុះ​បង្ក្រាប​គ្រឿង​ញៀន ក្នុង​ទីតាំង​សាលារៀន​កែ​សម្ផស្ស​មួយ​កាលពី​សប្តាហ៍​មុន។

 

ប្រភព​ពី​ មន្ត្រី​សាលា​ដំបូង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹងថា លោក​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍ទោ ហាក់ ម៉ៅ ត្រូវ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចាប់​បញ្ជូន​ខ្លួន​មក​កាន់​សាលា​ដំបូង​រាជធានី​កាលពី​រសៀល ​ម្សិលមិញ​នេះ ហើយ​តំណាង​អយ្យការ ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញា​រង​អម​សាលា​ដំបូង លោក តុប ឈុនឡុង បាន​ធ្វើ​ការ​សាកសួរ រហូត​ទល់​ព្រលប់។

នៅ​ពុំទាន់​មាន​ព័ត៌មាន ​លម្អិត​ពី​ការ​សាកសួរ​លោក​ផ្កាយ​ពីរ​រូប​នេះ​ទេ ខណៈ​ដែល​លោក តុប ឈុនឡុង មិន​អាច​ទាក់ទង​ដើម្បី​សុំ​ការ​អធិប្បាយ​បាន នៅ​ពេល​ដែល​លោក​មិន​ព្រម​ឆ្លើយ​តាម​ទូរស័ព្ទ។ រីឯ​ប្រធាន​តុលាការ​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ លោក ជីវ កេង បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា៖ « សំណុំ​រឿង​នេះ គឺ​ស្ថិត​នៅ​ក្នុង​ដៃ​ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញា ហើយ​និង​ចៅក្រម ខ្ញុំ​មិន​បាន​ដឹង​រឿង​នេះ​ទេ»។

លោក ខេង ទីតូ អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ​កងរាជ​អាវុធហត្ថ​លើ​ផ្ទៃ​ប្រទេស បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ដែរ​ថា ៖ «ខ្ញុំ​គ្រាន់​តែ​ឮ​ថា មាន​ករណី​នេះ​ដែរ សមត្ថកិច្ច​ជំនាញ​កំពុង​ធ្វើ​ការ​ងារ​ហ្នឹង ប៉ុន្តែ ខ្ញុំ​មិន​ទាន់​ទទួល​បាន​របាយការណ៍​ពី​ករណី​នេះ​ទេ»។

កាលពី​ថ្ងៃទី​៣​ តុលា សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចម្រុះ​មាន​ប៉ូលិស និង​តុលាការ​ផង​បាន​ចុះ​ឆែកឆេរ​ទីតាំង​មួយ​កន្លែង​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ករណី​គ្រឿង ​ញៀន នៅ​សាលារៀន​កែ​សម្ផស្ស​យីហោ រស្មី​សោភ័ណ ស្ថិត​នៅ​តាម​ផ្លូវ​២៦៥​ក្នុង​សង្កាត់​ទឹក​ល្អក់​ទី៣ ខណ្ឌ​ទួលគោក និង​បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ថ្នាំ​ញៀន​១​កញ្ចប់ ប៉ុន្តែ ពេល​កំពុង​ធ្វើ​ប្រតិបត្តិការ​នោះ ស្រាប់​តែ​មាន​អង្គរក្ស​របស់​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍ទោ ហាក់ ម៉ៅ ៤-៥ នាក់ បាន​ចូល​មក​រារាំង​មិន​ឲ្យ​ឆេកឆេរ ដោយ​ចោទ​ថា ចូល​ឆែកឆេរ​លំនៅដ្ឋាន​គេ​ដោយ​គ្មាន​ដីកា​ឆែកឆេរ។

ប្រតិបត្តិការ​ ឆែកឆេរ​លំនៅដ្ឋាន​នោះ សមត្ថកិច្ច​ក៏​បាន​ឃាត់​ខ្លួន ជន​សង្ស័យ​ម្នាក់​ឈ្មោះ ហួត វលាភ ភេទ​ប្រុស អាយុ ២០​ឆ្នាំ មុខ​របរ​មិន​ពិត​ប្រាកដ ស្នាក់​នៅ​ផ្ទះ​ជួល​ម្តុំ​ផ្សារ​សាមគ្គី សង្កាត់​ផ្សារ​ដេប៉ូ ខណ្ឌ​ទួលគោក នៅ​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃទី​៣ ខែ​តុលា​នោះ នៅ​តាម​បណ្តោយ​ផ្លូវ​១៤០ កែង​ផ្លូវ​២៥០ សង្កាត់​ទឹក​ល្អក់​ទី២ ក្នុង​ពេល​ប៉ូលិស​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​ចុះ​ល្បាត។ ក្នុង​ការ​ឃាត់​ខ្លួន​ជន​នេះ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ដក​ហូត​បាន​ថ្នាំ​ញៀន​ប្រភេទ​ម៉ា​ ទឹកកក​ចំនួន​៤​កញ្ចប់​ធំ និង ៤​កញ្ចប់​តូច ប្រាក់​ចំនួន ២​ពាន់​ដុល្លារ ម៉ូតូ​ម៉ាក​ហុងដា សេ100 ប្រើ​ប៊ិក ពណ៌​ខៀវ​ពាក់​ស្លាក​ភ្នំពេញ​1BH -5529​មួយ​គ្រឿង។

ពុំ​មាន​ប្រភព​ណា​មួយ​អាច បញ្ជាក់​បាន​ថា  តើ​លោក​ផ្កាយ​២ ហាក់ ម៉ៅ នេះ បម្រើ​ការ​នៅ​អង្គភាព​ណា​នោះ​ទេ ខណៈ​ដែល​លោក​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ឯក ឈុំ សុជាតិ អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ​ក្រសួង​ការពារជាតិ​មិន​អាច​ទាក់ទង​បាន​កាលពី​ព្រលប់​ ម្សិលមិញ។
គួរ​រំឭក​ដែរ​ថា ករណី​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​ថ្នាក់​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍ ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ករណី​គ្រឿង​ញៀន​នេះ មិនមែន​ជា​លើក​ទី១ ទេ ប៉ុន្តែ​កាលពី​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃទី​២៤ ខែ​សីហា ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ កន្លង​ទៅ កម្លាំង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចម្រុះ​មាន​នគរបាល​និង​កងរាជ​អាវុធហត្ថ​ដែល​ដឹក​នាំ ដោយ​មន្ទីរ​ប្រឆាំង​គ្រឿង​ញៀន​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ​រួម​មាន​ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញា​ផង ក៏​បាន​ធ្វើ​ប្រតិបត្តិការ​ចុះ​បង្ក្រាប​គ្រឿង​ញៀន​ទ្រង់ទ្រាយ​ធំ​មួយ ដោយ​ចូល​ឆែកឆេរ​ភូមិ​គ្រឹះ​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ទោ​យោធា​ម្នាក់ នៅ​បុរី​ជ្រោយ​បាសាក់ នៅ​ភូមិ​គ្រឹះ​លេខ ៤៤ តាម​ផ្លូវ​លំ ក្នុង​ភូមិ​អូរ​អណ្ដូង១ សង្កាត់​ព្រែកប្រា ខណ្ឌមានជ័យ។ លោក​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ទោ​ជាប់​សង្ស័យ​ជួញដូរ​គ្រឿង​ញៀន​នោះ មាន​ឈ្មោះ ចាន់ ឫទ្ធី​ឌី មាន​តួនាទី​ជា​នាយរង​សេនាធិការ​កងទ័ព​ជើង​គោក ត្រូវ​បាន​កង​កម្លាំង​មាន​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​នៅ​ក្នុង​ភូមិ​គ្រឹះ រួម​ជាមួយ​មនុស្ស​ប្រមាណ​ជា ៣០​នាក់​ផ្សេង​ទៀត។

សាលាដំបូង​រាជធានី​ ភ្នំពេញ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៣​ខែ​កក្កដា​មុន​នេះ​ក៏បាន​សម្រេច​កាត់​ទោស​អតីត​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ ផ្កាយ​ពីរ ២ នាក់ ដោយ ម្នាក់​ៗ​ឲ្យ​ជាប់​ពន្ធនាគារ​ជាង​១០​ឆ្នាំ​ដែរ ក្នុង​នោះ​មាន អតីត​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ទោ ឃួន រឿន អាយុ​៦០​ឆ្នាំ អតីត​មេបញ្ជាការ​រង​យោធ​ភូមិ​ភាគ​ពិសេស​ដាក់​ពន្ធនាគារ​១៦​ឆ្នាំ និង​ពិន័យ​ជា​ប្រាក់​ចំនួន ៣២ លាន​រៀល និង​ផ្តន្ទាទោស​ ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ទោ ឡៃ វីរៈ អតីត​អភិបាល​ខេត្ត​ឧត្តរ​មានជ័យ និង​ជាទី​ប្រឹក្សា​ក្រសួង​ការពារជាតិ ដាក់់​ពន្ធនាគារ​១២​ឆ្នាំ និង​ពិន័យ​ប្រាក់ ២៥ លាន​រៀល ពី​បទ​ជួញដូរ​គ្រឿង​ញៀន និង​ប្រើប្រាស់​អាវុធ​ខុស​ច្បាប់៕
 

UNITED STATES: Misconduct behind most journal retractions – Study

October 1, 2012, 3:01 pm

By Paul Basken

Research misconduct, rather than error, is the leading cause of retractions in scientific journals, with the problem especially pronounced in more prestigious publications, a comprehensive analysis has concluded.

The analysis, described on Monday in PNAS, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, challenges previous findings that attributed most retractions to mistakes or inadvertent failures in equipment or supplies.

The PNAS finding came from a comprehensive review of more than 2,000 published retractions, including detailed investigations into the public explanations given by the retracting authors and their journals.

The project was intended to explore the types of errors that typically lead to retractions, said one author of the PNAS paper, Arturo Casadevall, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

“And what we got blown away by was the fact that the retraction notices are wrong, in a lot of the cases,” said Dr. Casadevall, who produced the study along with Ferric C. Fang, a professor of laboratory medicine and microbiology at the University of Washington.

Research misconduct was found more prevalent in articles published by leading journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, and its unexpectedly high rate should be taken as yet another warning that universities and grant-writing agencies are relying far too heavily on publication rates as a measure of scientific performance, Dr. Casadevall and Dr. Fang said.

“Right now we’re incentivizing a lot of behavior that’s not actually constructive to science,” Dr. Fang said.

Some hints have emerged on the size and scale of the fraud problem, as confirmed by Dr. Casadevall and Dr. Fang. Their other co-author, R. Grant Steen, a freelance writer and former associate professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has done work showing a surge in retraction rates in recent years.

But Mr. Steen had largely been attributing the rise to instances of plagiarism, which is now more easily found through the growing use of text-comparison software. Although a type of fraud, plagiarism doesn’t necessarily mean faulty data. And other recent studies—such as an April 2011 analysis in the Journal of Medical Ethics and an August 2006 study in the Medical Journal of Australia—showed error as the leading cause of retractions.

For their PNAS analysis, Dr. Casadevall and Dr. Fang combed through all 2,047 biomedical-research articles listed this past May on PubMed, a federally managed database, as having been retracted. Through that process, they found 158 instances where the reason for the retraction was listed as an error, but where other sources—such as court proceedings, media investigations, or inquiries involving the federal Office of Research Integrity—revealed an underlying instance of research misconduct.

The result is that of the 2,047 retractions, 67 percent were attributable to misconduct, Dr. Casadevall, Dr. Fang, and Mr. Steen wrote. Only 21 percent of the retractions were attributable to error, they said. The cases of misconduct often involved leading scientific journals, they said, matching previous research that suggested a correlation between fraud and a journal’s impact factor, which is a measure of how often its articles are cited by subsequent articles.

The risks to public health were illustrated this year by a report in Nature in which the pharmaceutical company Amgen described its attempts to independently verify a collection of 53 published studies concerning cancer drugs. The Amgen scientists found they could confirm the scientific findings in only 11 percent of the articles.

“This was a shocking result,” wrote the authors, C. Glenn Begley, an Amgen consultant, and Lee M. Ellis, a professor of surgery and director of the Colorectal Cancer Translational Research Program at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston.

For Dr. Fang, the amount of misconduct in high-profile journals is a clear sign that researchers are facing far too much pressure from statistical measures such as publication rates and impact factors when seeking job promotions and grant money.

Rather than taking the time to use qualified experts to assess a researcher’s scholarship, Dr. Fang said, universities and grant-writing agencies too often use the statistical measures as easy proxies. That creates an enormous incentive for researchers to cut corners, or even fabricate study data, jeopardizing the reliability of the entire research enterprise, he said.

As an example, Dr. Fang said his department at the University of Washington recently had a job opening where all five of the finalists had a first-author byline in either Cell, Science, or Nature while working as postdoctoral students. “This was the price to get into the door, and then you have maybe a 20-percent chance of getting that job offer,” he said. “So this is too high a bar.”

Researchers seeking grant money and promotions feel that kind of pressure, exacerbated by budget cuts, throughout their careers, Dr. Fang said. By comparison, Dr. Fang said, he didn’t have any first-author papers in those leading journals during his postdoctoral career, “and I had four job offers at good universities.”

The medical journals, as a general rule, don’t deserve blame, Dr. Fang said. “They don’t exist to reshape the scientific enterprise,” he said. “They exist to publish high-quality science in an interesting and engaging way, and to publicize that, and I think they do a great job of that.”

Dr. Casadevall was more critical, saying that the misconduct discovered through their study was “the tip of the iceberg” and that journals needed to develop better standards. As an example, he cited the Journal of Biological Chemistry, which accounted for 27 of the 158 examples where a retraction attributed to an error was discovered by Dr. Casadevall and his team to actually involve misconduct. Part of the problem, he said, is that the journal has a policy of allowing retractions without giving any public explanation of the reason.

In such a setting, Dr. Casadevall said, “the misconduct is going through the roof because the rewards are disproportionate.”

The editor in chief of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Martha J. Fedor, a professor of chemical physiology at the Scripps Research Institute, said she was confident that authors involved in retractions were held accountable through the journal’s practice of notifying the author’s institution.
“We have not had a policy of publishing statements about the source of errors in a manuscript that we are not able to verify conclusively,” she said.

GLOBAL: Hackers target student records of 53 universities

The New York Times07 October 2012 Issue No:242

 

Hackers published online Monday thousands of personal records from 53 universities, including Harvard, Stanford, Cornell, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, the University of Zurich and other universities around the world.

The group of hackers, calling themselves Team GhostShell, claimed responsibility for the attack on Twitter and published some 36,000 e-mail addresses and thousands of names, usernames, passwords, addresses and phone numbers of students, faculty and staff, to the Web site Pastebin.com. In most cases the data was already publicly available, but in some instances the records included additional sensitive information such as students’ dates of birth and payroll information for university employees.

Typically, hackers seek such information because it can be used to steal identities, crack bank accounts or can be sold on the black market. Universities make ripe targets because they store vast numbers of personal records, often in decentralized servers. The records can be a gold mine because students often have pristine credit reputations and do not monitor their account activity and credit scores as vigilantly as adults.

Dozens of universities have been plagued by breaches recently. Last August alone, the University of Rhode Island warned that students and faculty that their information may have been exposed. And at the University of Arizona, a student discovered a breach after a Google search exposed her personal information — and that of thousands of others at the university. Smaller computer breaches at Queens College and Marquette University were also reported.

In this case, the hackers said they were not motivated by profit but to “raise awareness towards the changes made in today’s education.” In a message accompanying the stolen data, they bemoaned changing education laws in Europe and spikes in tuition fees in the United States. But they also noted that in many cases, the servers they breached had already been compromised.
“When we got there, we found that a lot of them have malware injected,” the hackers wrote on Pastebin.

To breach servers, the hackers used a technique known as an SQL injection, in which they exploit a software vulnerability and enter commands that cause a database to dump its contents. In the case of some universities, the hackers breached multiple servers. In several cases, hackers breached student and alumni blogs– which contained things like usernames and passwords–not the university servers themselves. At Princeton, for instance, hackers breached a WordPress blog for Princeton alums based in the United Kingdom which contained several usernames and encoded passwords.

IdentifyFinder, a firm that works to prevent identify theft from security breaches, analyzed the published data and said it appeared to be legitimate. The company analyzed the data and found 36,623 unique e-mail addresses and tens of thousands of student, faculty and staff names as well as thousands more usernames and passwords, some encrypted but many stored in plain text.
Aaron Titus, a spokesman for IdentityFinder, said that in analyzing the hackers’ attack methods, there was evidence that in many cases they had been inside the universities’ systems for “at least four months.”

Lisa Ann Lapin, a spokeswoman for Stanford University, said that the university discovered the breach Tuesday evening. She confirmed that two departmental Web sites belonging to the university had been accessed, but said the servers “have been secured.”
“Our information security officers consider the breaches to be minor in nature,” Ms. Lapin said. “No restricted or prohibited data was compromised, nor was any sensitive or other personal information that could lead to identity theft.”

At colleges across the country, some students set up sites that allowed students and faculty to search the leaked data for their information. For instance, at the University of Pennsylvania, Matt Parmett, a junior, created a Web site that made it possible for classmates to search the leaked data by name.