Ministry of Education and Sports, with support from Australia, hosts the Spoken Lao Pilot Stakeholders Forum to discuss Lao Language support to non-Lao speaking grade 1 students in remote primary schools
A Spoken Lao curriculum has been piloted for two years in 80 remote schools and is now being revised to be ready for roll out in additional provinces
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia officially launch the training of Grade 4 teachers on the new curriculum in a mix of online and face to face 6-day workshop
The Master Trainers Training marks the beginning of an extensive series of cascade training to get over 9,000 Grade 4 teachers and pedagogical advisors ready to implement the new curriculum nationwide in September
Supporting women’s empowerment – a success story from Samuay District, Salavan Province
Australian Government, through its BEQUAL program, works with key counterparts at all levels of the Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR to encourage and promote messages of gender equality and opportunities for women in implementation of program activities
Australia and Ministry of Education and Sports acknowledge international volunteer students who supported the production of Grade 4 audio materials
A total of over 100 audio tracks will be available to Grade 4 Lao students and teachers to learn English in an entertaining way while being exposed to the diversity of native accents in English spoken language
Responding to challenges due to COVID-19, Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia scale up blended learning to all teacher trainers nationwide
The aim of this initiative is to develop trainers’ skills and confidence in using Zoom to participate in and deliver online workshops and provide continuous support using blended online and face-to-face methods
International Women’s Day celebration: Australian Ambassador and Minister of Education and Sports stress the importance of gender equality and women’s empowerment in teacher education
They congratulated the Department of Teacher Education and the Provincial Education and Sports Services for selecting diverse and more gender balanced teacher training teams
Australia reaffirms its commitment to support Lao Government to improve teaching and learning in Laos, with a focus on disadvantaged areas and inclusive education
Ministry of Education and Sports national and provincial stakeholders and Australia discuss the recent progress and plan for the development and implementation of the new primary curriculum