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

In-service teacher training is a critical part of equipping teachers with the skills and techniques needed to be able to effectively use the new primary curriculum materials in the classroom and ulitmately improve student learning

Last week, the Ministry of Education and Sports (Department of Planning) and the BEQUAL program team enjoyed a friendly football match with the Ministry of Planning and Investment (Department of International Cooperation) team

Mr Meungkham Keophouvong is the Head of the Mathematics Department at the Luang Namtha Teacher Training College. He was selected in October last year to be part of the team of 60 Master Trainers

Ms Chankham Lorvanku is the Head of the Pedagogy Centre at the Luang Namtha District Education and Sports Bureau. Her main responsibilities are to monitor and provide pedagogical support to the teachers in her district. The main challenge faced by teachers there is teaching ethnic students who don’t speak Lao at home

Souliya Phoumivong is a teacher at National Institute of Fine Arts and the founder of Clay House Studios. He is the artist behind the famous edutainment program “My Village” for young Lao children

The implementation of the new improved National Primary curriculum is scheduled to commence in the 2019/2020 school-year with Grade 1. It will represent a major change especially in its pedagogical approach