The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Kok Pon Nippon
Foundation School
Mr. Rick Chan is the principle of the Kok Pon Nippon Foundation School.
| On himself: | “I am 43 years old. I am married and I have five daughters and four sons. Two of my children are first and second grade students at Ra Primary School. Another two are attending the second and third grade at the Kan Tourth Nippon Foundation School. Five of my children are already married. My wife works at home. When I have some free time, I work on the farm. I have a bicycle which I ride the 3 km distance between my home and the school every day.”
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| On his teaching history: | I graduated teaching school in 1982 in a provincial town of Battambang province. I was a teacher at Ra primary school between 1983 and 1986. On February 1st, 2003, I became school director of Kok Pon Nippon Primary School.
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| On the new building: | I am very happy with the new building. The computer and the new teacher are very important for our kids who have never known how to use a computer. This new building is very comfortable. The old building used to disturb us while it was raining.
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| On teaching: | I like to teach so much because its help the kids’ future, as you can see after the Pol Pot regime finished. Most of people who live in rural areas only have a little education, so everything in their environment develops slowly. I vow to give kids in this village good the education they need for the future.
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| On school subjects: | There are four subjects have taught in the primary school, and my favorite subject is literature. When the students understand this subject they can write or communicate with others.
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| On keeping the students interested in school: |
I give gifts, like books or pens, to the three top students in each grade at the end of semester. Sometimes I provided congratulation letters for them.”
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