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To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the National Teacher’s Day, the Ministry of Education and Australia highlight the vital role teachers play in safeguarding children
150 lecturers from three target Teacher Training Colleges (Khang Khay, Luang Namtha, and Savannakhet) are being trained to build teachers’ knowledge about child protection and safeguarding
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Australia and Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR promote gender equality in the classroom
Australia and Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR promote gender equality in the classroom
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Ministry of Education and Australia ensure all students receive the Lao language support they need when starting school
Nationwide launch of the new Spoken Lao Program for non-Lao speaking Grade 1 students
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Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia support primary teachers with teaching methodology
Over 1,000 Internal Pedagogical Support staff attend special training on how to support teachers when the new school year starts in September
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Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia advocate for best practice child protection in schools
MoES launches its new official Child Protection and Safeguarding Guidance for Educators, developed with support of Australia
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The Ministry of Education and Sports, Australia and USAID bring stakeholders together to prepare for the nationwide rollout of the Spoken Lao Program in school year 2024-25
The successful Spoken Lao Program trial is being scaled up nationwide next school year, providing targeted support for non-Lao speaking students
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Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia promote gender equality in the classroom
Teams from across the Ministry work together to produce a gender equality promotional video for teachers
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Australia and the Ministry of Education and Sports enhance teacher professional development through effective use of information and communication technologies
Teacher professional development is key to strengthening teaching quality and improving student learning outcomes
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Improving the quality of Lao children’s books
With the support from Australia, the European Union, and USAID, the Basic Education Quality and Access in Lao PDR (BEQUAL) program is organising a four-day workshop from 18th-21st June on the use of book levelling in publishing for children’s books
Vice-minister of Education and Sports announced the official launch of the new national primary curriculum, starting with Grade 1 in September 2019
On 5 June, H.E. Associate Professor Dr Kongsy Sengmany, Vice-minister of Education and Sports of Lao PDR officially announced the launch of the new National Primary Curriculum, with Grade 1 commencing in September 2019, at Thongkang Primary School, Sisattanak District
Launch of the in-service training for the new Grade 1 curriculum
On 14th May, Dr Onekeo Nouannavong, Director General of the Research Institute for Educational Sciences (RIES) and Ms. Jane Chandler, Deputy Head of Mission of the Australian Embassy in Lao PDR, officially opened the “Master Trainer Training Grade 1 Curriculum”
Approval of the in-service training materials for new Grade 1 curriculum
On 13 and 14 of March, a committee chaired by Dr Onekeo Nouannavong, Director General of the Research Institute for Educational Sciences (RIES), reviewed and approved in principle the materials that will be used to train the master trainers, provincial trainers, Grade 1 teachers, primary principals and pedagogical advisors on the new Grade 1 curriculum
Provinces begin preparations to support the implementation of the new Grade 1 curriculum
846,000 new Grade 1 textbooks and 146,000 new Grade 1 teacher guides to be distributed to 8,600 primary schools, with over 16,000 Grade 1 teachers, primary school principals and pedagogical advisors to be trained by a team of 611 Provincial Trainers before the start of the new school year