The Mekong Times Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Eath Daravuth

The million and a half child laborers in Cambodia are losing out on a decent education, with their arduous childhoods often ruining their lives and damaging the nation’s economy, participants at the World Day Against Child Labor told audience members yesterday.

The event, launched yesterday at national TV station TVK, was entitled “Education is a solution to child labor in Cambodia,” and was hoped to encourage parents to send their children to school and not work.

There are a million and a half child laborers in Cambodia with 250,000 engaged in heavy labor, said Prak Chantha, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training.