
Ministry of Education and Sports and the Australian Government promote awareness and understanding of disability issues and child protection and safeguarding best practices
On the occasion of the International Day of People with Disability, MoES and Australia organized a two-day workshop on understanding disability and promoting child protection and safeguarding best practices

Ministry of Education and Sports approves the revised Primary Teaching Standards developed with the support of Australia and USAID
The revised Standards set a clear baseline of expectations for the professional development and conduct of primary teachers to support improved student learning outcomes

Ministry of Education and Sports, with support from Australia and USAID, hold a new series of capacity development workshops on Continuing Professional Development in target Teacher Training Colleges
More than 150 technical team members in three target Teacher Training Colleges received training on mentoring skills

The Australian Government and USAID announce their new partnership to support the Lao Ministry of Education and Sports through BEQUAL Phase 2
The Vice Minister of Education and Sports, Chargé d’affaires of Australia and Chargé d’affaires from the U.S. Embassy to Lao PDR handed over storybooks for reading corners in all primary schools

Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia hold the second quarterly meeting on continuing professional development support for teachers in target areas
3 Target Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) and 7 Provinces share lessons learnt and discuss future activities to strengthen school-based continuing professional development

Ministry of Education and Sports, with support from Australia and the United States of America establishes a ‘Master Gender Trainers’ team for MoES Departments
The newly created team attended a five-day workshop on gender mainstreaming and School Related Gender-Based Violence that culminated with a celebration of Lao Womens Union Day