A new educational clay animation series titles “Learn Together” will begin screening on Lao television in August

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

The new Grade 1 curriculum will be implemented in the 2019/2020 school year. It will represent a major change for teachers, especially their pedagogical approach

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”

For the last four years, the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) has been developing a new improved national primary curriculum along with new teaching and learning materials for primary students and teachers

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

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

Several studies around the world indicate that local ethnic teachers achieve better results for remote communities

On March 6th, BEQUAL, Laos Australia Institute and the Australian Embassy education teams joined a special Women’s Day lunch to hear Ms Viengsam Indavong and Mr Thongdy Phommavongsa