ACE Officially Opens Fourth Campus at Toul Tom Poung
From right to left: Andrew Barkla, CEO of IDP Education; Angela Corcoran, Australian Ambassador to Cambodia; Youk Ngoy, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Royal Cambodian Government; Sreng Mao, Country Director of ACE and IDP Education (Cambodia).
By I’mACE team
The Australian Centre for Education (ACE) officially opened its fourth campus in Cambodia at Toul Tom Poung on the morning of Thursday 6 October 2016 with approximately 200 representatives from various companies, NGOs, public and private institutions.
Established by IDP Education in 1992 to provide English language training to UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia) personnel, ACE is widely regarded for its premier English language training delivery in Cambodia and the region.
Secretary of State for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Youk Ngoy talks at the TTP Opening Ceremony.
The new ACE Toul Tom Poung campus is the fourth campus which has been opened by IDP Education in Cambodia, reflecting the continuing high demand for English language skills among Cambodians and international non-native English speakers. ACE now attracts over 15,000 enrollments per term across all four campuses; three in Phnom Penh and one in Siem Reap.
Her Excellency Ms Angela Corcoran, Australian Ambassador to Cambodia; His Excellency Youk Ngoy, Secretary of State for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport of the Royal Cambodian Government; and Mr Andrew Barkla, CEO of IDP Education officially opened the new Toul Tom Poung campus.
“I am excited at the prospect of my first visit to Cambodia for the opening of the new ACE campus,” said Mr. Andrew Barkla, CEO of IDP Education – a global leader in international student placement and education services. “Cambodia continues to be a driving force in our English language training service in the region and I look forward to seeing the new facilities and meeting the whole team”. “I am confident that this new campus will contribute to continuing to build the outstanding reputation ACE has. I’m pleased we are part of the human capital building process in Cambodia,” he added.
Australian Ambassador Angela Corcoran gives a speech at the TTP Opening Ceremony.
The ACE Toul Tom Poung campus has a capacity of 6,000 students and features a host of innovative facilities including a state-of-the-art Guided Individual Learning Centre (GILC), computer labs, and a book club.
“We are very proud to be officially opening the fourth ACE campus in the Toul Tom Poung area of Phnom Penh,” said Sreng Mao, Country Director of ACE and IDP Education (Cambodia). “This new campus provides us with a state-of-the-art facility to provide our sector-leading services to a wider scope.”
The new campus is also home to an IDP Study Abroad Resource Centre, the IELTS Cambodia Official Test Centre office, the New Zealand Scholarships office, and the Australia Awards office.
IDP CEO Andrew Barkla, Australian Ambassador Angela Corcoran and ACE/IDP Country Director Sreng Mao watch as Secretary of State for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Youk Ngoy reveals the Opening Ceremony plaque.
Part-owned by 38 Australian universities, IDP Education is a world leader in international student placement services with its global network of 100 offices in 32 countries to assist students going study in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the USA and the UK.
IDP Education is also a proud co-owner of IELTS (International English Language Testing System), the world’s most popular high-stakes English language proficiency test.
IDP Education has been involved in English language teaching since 1988 and runs English language schools in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia.
ACE Tuol Tom Poung is officially opened.
Guests at the Opening Ceremony enjoy a performance by Apsara dancers.