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Technical staff are deployed at central and subnational levels to help the ministry implement the program with a focus on primary curriculum development, teacher professional development, teacher management and support, and integration of gender equality and inclusive education principles and practices.
Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR
The Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR is the leading government agency of BEQUAL. The ministry’s education vision to 2030 is to “create an opportunity for all Lao people to have equitable education access with a focus on education quality development”.
Australian Government
Australia is the largest bilateral donor to basic education in Lao PDR. BEQUAL is Australia’s flagship program in Lao PDR with an overall budget for the program of AU$80 million for Phase 1 from May 2015 to June 2022 and additional AU$52.8 million for Phase 2 from July 2022 to June 2028
From September 2017 to September 2019, additional budget was provided by USAID to support the production of additional teaching and learning materials. From June 2023 to June 2026, USAID funding also supported multigrade teaching, inclusive education, Spoken Lao lessons and the establishment of an enhanced ICT operating environment in Phase 2 target districts.
Until August 2020, additional budget was also provided by the European Union for all activities.
From April 2016 to December 2018, BEQUAL also worked in partnership with Plan International, World Vision, Save the Children and ChildFund through the BEQUAL NGO Consortium to increase student and teacher participation in learning, particularly children with disabilities.