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September 4, 2026

Cambodia Teacher Recruitment Policy: Civil Service Exams for 3,000 Work-Agreement Secondary Teachers

Background

The Ministry of Civil Service is responsible for administering national recruitment processes for public sector positions, including the selection of teachers appointed under government personnel arrangements. The ministry issues authorizations and organizes competitive examinations to fill work-agreement (contract-based) teacher posts in public schools.

Work-agreement teacher positions for lower-secondary and upper-secondary levels are commonly filled through centrally coordinated selection procedures that set eligibility criteria and selection venues. Candidates and provincial education administrations rely on ministry announcements and official dissemination channels to obtain application details and schedules.

Key Developments

With authorization from the Royal Government, the Ministry of Civil Service announced plans to organise competitive examinations to select approximately 3,000 teachers for secondary and lower-secondary levels under work agreements. The public notice identified the ministry’s official social media channels as the primary outlets for subsequent application guidance and schedules.

Institutional Role

The Ministry of Civil Service acts as the central administrator for the examination and selection process for civil-service and contract teacher positions, and it coordinates public communication about recruitment procedures. Official ministry channels are the designated source for authoritative recruitment instructions and candidate requirements.

Operational Implications

Prospective candidates should monitor the Ministry of Civil Service official social media channels listed in the announcement—Telegram and Facebook pages—to receive application instructions and updates. The announcement signals a centrally managed, large-scale recruitment cycle that will require candidates to follow the ministry’s published eligibility criteria and submission procedures when they are released.

Source

Announcement posted by the Ministry of Civil Service on its official social media channels (Telegram and Facebook); original post linked at the ministry’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CivilServiceCambodia/posts/pfbid04zvKjBUDV8jSb6FPE1hbFDubr4jXhs628oivGNvir9VNevsnum3hnANMj6C5xwRSl.

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