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IDP/IELTS Cambodia Official Test Centre Signs MoU with University of Puthisastra
Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) between the IELTS Cambodia Official Test Centre at IDP Education and the University of Puthisastra was signed at the University of Puthisastra in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Thursday 14 January 2021. The MoU allows for the University of Puthisastra to become an IELTS Alliance Program Referral Agent under the authority of the IELTS Cambodia Official Test Centre.
“We are very pleased to be welcoming the University of Puthisastra as an IELTS Referral Agent through the global IELTS Alliance Program,” said Mr Sreng Mao, Country Director at IELTS Cambodia.
“This MoU reflects the growing awareness of the importance of benchmarking English language capacity for study and career advancement at leading education institutions in Cambodia. We look forward to working together with University of Puthisastra. to grow the number of students taking the IELTS test.”
“As a leading university, the University of Puthisastra (UP) is delighted to be entering into this partnership with IDP to give all our students additional opportunities to develop their English skills and abilities”, said Professor Ian Findlay, President & Vice-Chancellor at the University of Puthisastra
“English is the International language of success, advancing careers in a wide range of healthcare-related and IT professions – not just in Cambodia but across the whole world. We are proud to be an IELTS Alliance Partner and look forward to the shared work of raising the standard of our students’ English to ever greater heights”, Professor Findlay explained. “We also hope that this signing ceremony marks the beginning of a long-lasting professional friendship between our two institutions, for many years to come.”
IELTS is the world’s most popular high stakes English language test with over 3 million tests taken in the last year and over 10,000 institutions worldwide – including universities, schools, employers, immigration authorities and professional bodies – recognizing IELTS as a benchmark of English language capacity. IELTS is jointly owned by the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge Assessment English. The IELTS Cambodia Official Test Centre was established in 1992 and is the only IELTS Official Test Centre in the Kingdom.