Social development
Education and training
More English based schools open in Laos
Heathfield International School Vientiane is yet another English-language based institution to open, with parents wanting their children to study the internationally accepted language. School chairman Mr Sounthone Phommachak unveiled the school’s method of operation last week when welcoming the Deputy Minister of Education and Sports, Ms ...
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Renovated Bokeo vocational school reopens with German support
BOKEO, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The official handover ceremony of the renovated Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) School in Bokeo province took place recently. The school’s modernisation and extension was financed by grants from the Lao government and the German government through KfW, amounting to nearly EUR ...
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Ministry offers scholarships to students orphaned in Attapeu flood
The Ministry of Education and Sports has offered an unlimited number scholarships for students whose parents died when a catastrophic flood raged through Sanamxay district in Attapeu province last summerThe scholarships will be offered to impoverished students under the ministry’s policy concerning flood victims.The President ...
Phetphoxay Sengaseuth
New libraries to help children develop good reading habits for Laotians
The Department of Education and Sports of Vientiane province, along with Action with Lao Children (ALC), will carry out child development projects in Phonhong and Hinheup districts. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on the Lao Child Development Project by the Ministry of Education and ...
Somxay Sengdara
FEATURE: Reading Elephant Laos inspires rural schoolchildren in Bokeo
BOKEO, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) – With the school year coming to an end next month, Reading Elephant Laos is making a hurried round of visits to schools in Huayxai district, Bokeo province to engage children in inspirational activities, especially reading, and donate educational materials.Reading Elephant ...
Patithin Phetmeuangphuan
Renovated technical training school opens in Borikhamxay
A ceremony to hand over the refurbished Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) School in Borikhamxay province took place at the end of last month. Almost EUR 1.3 million has been spent on the modernisation and extension of the school and the provision of equipment.Under ...
Times Reporters
7,000 Lao children set to benefit from new education project
An education project benefiting 7,000 children will get underway this year which officials expect will improve school governance, assist with school readiness and develop basic literacy and numeracy skills among pre-school and primary school students. Called ‘Inclusive, Child-friendly Environments and the Improvement of the Quality of ...
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Asean, Seameo discuss Lao education project
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Two international organisations plan to form a partnership to help Laos deliver better education outcomes in its remote border areas.The Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organisation (Seameo) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) held their technical working group meeting ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Ground broken for second campus of Lao-German Technical College
Construction of a second campus of the Lao-German Technical College is underway in Vientiane which will allow more students to take trade-specific courses, especially in the operation of heavy machinery.The new college is funded by grants from the Lao and German governments and will provide ...
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Lao Students gain inspiration at Australian education exhibition
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Australian government gave hundreds of Lao students and professionals the opportunity to meet with top Australian university representatives at the recent Australian Education Exhibition in Vientiane and learn more about why Australia is one of the top three countries of ...
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