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Very low school attendance rate in a country where 60% of the population is under 20 (54% for girls and 68% for boys). Many young people leave school to contribute to the family income, thus obtaining precarious and seasonal jobs with no future. Few vocational training programs exist in the country, even less for those who have not reached grade 9. Girls mainly drop out of school younger than boys, to help at home, work or get married. Very few vocational training opportunities are offered to young women, even less when they have a low education level. At the same time, the number of hotels in Siem Reap, town of Angkor temples, is increasing very fast and requires more and more qualified trained workforce. The profits from the tourism development in the area are badly distributed, especially among the poorest (35% of the population live under the poverty level with less than US$1 per day).
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