 Cambodia Adventist School - Kantrok began in 1999 as a literacy school for poor children.In the year 2004, the school was officially recognised by the Cambodian government as a primary school.Having a Seventh-day Adventist school is important as government schools teach students on Saturdays, which conflicts with Adventist beliefs about the seventh-day Sabbath, and many schools will not allow children to have Saturdays off.