| Parents were invited to the first day of school to see the classrooms, get to know the DDP education staff, and perhaps to be of reassurance to their daughters and sons who have never attended a school before even though they are in their 20s. |  |
| Kimhak (blue shirt) explained the possibilities for job training after students finish two years of basic education and learn sign language and reading and writing. |  |
| There were extra motorbikes and motorcycle taxis outside the DDP gate at lunch time as parents made arrangements for their children to come home for lunch on the first day of school. DDP accepted 22 new students into Year One today in Phnom Penh. |  |