Cambodia currently has a total population of over 15, 25 million people and has one of the youngest populations in Southeast Asia: with 41 per cent aged 18 and under, and more than a third between the ages of 10 and 24. Three decades of war and conflict, a post-war boom and an average low life expectancy are some of the reasons for this imbalance in demography. Over the past two decades, despite staggering economic development in Cambodia the situation remains dire, poverty and large inequalities persist. The average years of schooling is 5.8 years, which means that the majority of the population does not complete the full cycle of primary school