BEQUAL, managed by Australia and the Ministry of Education and Sports—with additional funding provided by the European Union—will help an estimated 450,000 Lao girls and boys achieve literacy, numeracy and other life skills

H.E. Madam Sengdeuane Lachanthaboune, Acting Minister (at the time of the conference, now current Minister of Education and Sports) and four Director Generals from the Ministry for Education and Sports participated in the Making Systems Work

Improving the quality of teaching and learning in schools and teacher training institutions, especially in the most disadvantaged areas will be a key outcome of BEQUAL

One of BEQUAL’s outcomes is that teachers and students in remote and disadvantaged communities are in schools and classrooms that provide a safe, hygienic, inclusive and well equipped learning environment

Improving learning environments is essential for the healthy development of children, particularly those living with disability or those from rural, ethnic groups

Increasing participation of all boys and girls in basic education is at the heart of BEQUAL and is essential to provide opportunities for all Lao citizens. All aspects of BEQUAL contribute to increased participation – but the activities described below target participation directly

BEQUAL is supporting the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) to develop a renewed and improved primary curriculum and teaching and learning materials that are more gender sensitive and inclusive of disadvantaged groups

We are looking to pilot new and innovative activities and analysis to strengthen provincial, district, school and community capacity to manage, coordinate and implement education activities at a local level

BEQUAL objective is to improve pre-service and in-service training of primary teachers to promote better learning outcomes for primary level students. BEQUAL works in partnership with the Departments of Teacher Education, Pre-Primary and Primary Education,