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aged 0 to 6 belonging to expats also ban all religious activity on The consequences for the was found dead outside the ICS
who expect to move away from campus, with universities barred state’s school system could be international school in Phnom
Denmark again within a few from providing venues for religious wide-ranging – for example, the Penh late last month.
years. expression higher number of students in Cameron became the subject
Esol programmes next year will of an international manhunt in
mean an increase in class sizes 1999 when he kidnapped his
CHINA: The government without additional resources. nine-year-old daughter Sasha
has announced a series of new This could also be a problem and hid out on a luxury yacht
requirements for international for teachers’ and schools’ sailing through South East Asia.
students in China, including evaluation, which is in part The kidnap occurred following a
compulsory language and culture based on student scores and pass lengthy custody battle between
classes, University World News rates. him and Sasha’s mother.
reports. An ESL programme The girl was eventually rescued
All universities, including coordinator told the paper that but Cameron evaded arrest by
private foreign universities, will the test is so difficult that some the French and British police and
have to provide Chinese language native speakers could not pass it. started a new life in Cambodia.
and culture courses, including law
and customs. Foreign students will US: The State of Maryland
still be allowed to write masters has prompted anger after raising
and PhD theses in other languages. the grade required for students CAMBODIA: A n
A number of academics to leave Esol programmes, the English teacher who was once
commenting on the issue said that Baltimore Sun reports. a fugitive in a kidnapping case
many such courses are already According to the newspaper, has been found dead after
available for foreign students. this will lead to hundreds of apparently jumping from the roof
Students from Taiwan, Macau students having to retake exams of the school where he taught,
and Hong Kong will be exempt, or enrol in additional English the Scottish Daily Mail reports.
according to the South China language classes in the next Robert Cameron, 63, who was a
Morning Post. The new rules academic year. dual British-Australian national,

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