Objective
Starting the first Master of Science in Sociology in Cambodia
Beneficiaries
150 university students
Partners
Royal University of Phnom Penh
Donors
CEI
PROJECT
In 2003 the rector of the Royal University of Phnom Penh made the proposal to start a Master of Science in Sociology and Anthropology. The goal of the program was to enhance the scientific research in the sociologic and anthropologic sector, introducing skills that were still underdeveloped in the Cambodian context.
Between 2004 and 2011, New Humanity promoted 6 editions of the Master. During the first 2 years of the program, almost the totality of graduated students opted for an academic career, creating a solid basis of skilled researchers and professors within the university.
Starting from the 3rd year of the program, the main professional progression were NGOs and public organizations in Cambodia, contributing with their acquired abilities to the development of their Country.
The collaboration with Phnom Penh university ended in 2011, when the University had acquired the experience and resources necessary to autonomously organize the Masters.
Today, the faculty of sociology is still the flagshio of the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
CONTEXT
The collaboration with the Royal University of Phnom Peng started in 1992. The legacy left by the Khmer Rouge dictatorship was still heavy: with the puprpose of deleting any bourgeois and occidental deviation, the regime had dismantled the education system at all levels. Intellectuals were the main victims of the extermination: before the regime in Cambodia there were 11.000 students enrolled in University, and only 450 survived to the regime.
In this context, New Humanity accepted a difficult challenge: restarting from higher education. A choice promoted by the Cambodian Ministry of Education itself, that asked New Humanity a support in order to relaunch the university studies in social sciences. This opened the path to a collaboration among the Royal University of Phnom Penh and various Italian and Asian university, that lead in 1994 to the naissance of the faculty of Sociology in the University of Phnom Penh.
STUDENTS TRAINED IN 6 YEARS
MASTER EDITIONS
NEWS
UPDATES FROM THE EDUCATION CENTER
educa How is our project progressing inside the Nghet Aw San education centre on the outskirts of Yangon? Thanks to the contribution from the CEI's 8x1000 fund, we've managed to restart the vocational training programs that were halted last year. Here are the latest...
MOUFIDA AND HER DREAM
After a stop of several months, we are back with our column "STORIES FROM ANOTHER WORLD”, featuring a truly special chapter! Today, we chose the story of Moufida, the director of the Oxy Jeunes center in Tozeur, Tunisia, a strong and determined woman who, thanks to...
NEW PRESENCE OF NEW HUMANITY IN TUNISIA
New Humanity landed in Tunisia in January 2023. How is this first year of collaboration going? We'll tell you about it briefly. After a series of assessments and on-site visits during 2022, we chose a local partner who seemed reliable, serious and collaborative, and...