Just love these photos of year 1 university students Darean & Rasy (first and second pictures respectively) receiving their white coats at the University of Health Sciences in Phnom Penh! Darean is studying midwifery and Rasy pharmacy, and they represent the 65% of PLF uni students who are both female and studying STEM 💪👩‍⚕️ The ceremony is a big event, beautifully described by Rasy: "𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 - 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘈 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭." We share your joy at this moment, and we are so proud of you both! 🥹 💛 ______________ www.theplf.org #schoolistheanswer (fb)

Bringing in competitive elements to library activities has had a great effect on engagement with younger students! Our Top Reader awards recognize two students each month who have excelled at reading and put their library cards to good use by borrowing lots of books. We are pleased to see that this initiative continues to encourage boys as much as girls to develop their reading habits. The learning foundations that we can lay at this age will help steer students through the more challenging grades ahead. 💛 #schoolistheanswer (fb)