Last week, BEQUAL program organised a 1.5 days’ workshop on the basics of management theory for local BEQUAL and LAI managers in Laos

The purpose of the workshop is to revise the 18 Provincial Trainer teams responsible for the in-service training on the new improved primary curriculum and continuing professional development support for primary teachers

More than 100 participants gather to share information and lessons learned on the development and implementation of the new improved primary curriculum

During the meeting, Australia hands over equipment to the Research Institute for Educational Sciences for the layout of curriculum materials and the production of teacher development videos

The audio material will enable Lao students to learn English in an entertaining way and expose them to the diversity of native accents in English spoken language

Future teacher development videos to train teachers on the new improved primary curriculum and the new pedagogical approach will be dubbed in Sign Language

Grade 1 students from non-Lao speaking backgrounds will receive up to an additional hour of instructions a day to improve their ability to read and write Lao language

Curriculum writers received guidance on how to promote active learning and integrate the multigrade strategy in the development of the new teaching and learning materials

Last week, Department of Teacher Education monitored remotely primary classroom observations by provincial trainers and provided live guidance via Zoom conference