From royal etiquette to the various uses of palm juice, curious visitors to Bac Touk High School's art exhibition will have many of their questions answered by innovative student projects. The slow, which closes today, is the first of its kind in Phnom Penh, and displays prize projects from the capital and Kandal Province. More than 300 primary, technical, and high school have contributed works to the on hand to explain the projects to observers, mostly other school children crowding around planetary displays and traditional Khmer crafts. There are pineapples that provide battery power, house painstakingly built from matchsticks and cigarette box replications of living rooms. Lim Sukheng, deputy director of Bac Touk Primary School said the student's efforts helped them better understand their lessons by enabling them to apply their knowledge to something other than quizzes or essays. He said in some cases the exercises can give life skills by teaching students how to make thing they could sell once they left school. Some of the projects contain lessons in morality, such as illustrating the five different ways to greet royalty, fellow students, and younger children.
The Cambodia Daily July 06, 2001