Vice-Minister of Education and Sports, Ms Sisouk Vongvichith, and Ambassador of Australia to the Lao PDR, Mr Paul Kelly announced the official launch of the Basic Education Quality and Access in the Lao PDR Program (BEQUAL) Phase 2 on 16 November 2022 in Vientiane. The Ministry of Education and Sports, with the support of the…
With financial support from Plan International Japan, Plan International Laos, and the Ministry of Education and Sports agreed to improve early education for children in Houn District, Oudomxay Province. A memorandum of understanding concerning the Pre-primary school Education Improvement Project in Houn District was signed on Nov 8, between Mr. Somsack Souphilay, the Director General…
For the first time since before the COVID-19, a delegation of 37 Lao students and two supervisors are headed to Japan to participate in either “Japan-Laos Environment Exchange” or “Japan-Laos Language and Culture Exchange” under JENESYS 2022 supported by the Government of Japan. JENESYS or Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths, is…
For the third episode of the Role Model docuseries, the TV, radio and newspaper teams from the Information Media Center (IMC) of the Ministry of Educations and Sports (MoES) travelled to Saravan to interview Mr Phothong Phonsongkham on the importance of teacher professional development support. Mr Phothong shared his extensive experience in the different aspects…
The announcement of the first-ever malaria vaccine not only inspires hope in the battle against one of the planet’s most pernicious diseases but also underscores the need to attack this scourge on multiple fronts, says the head of the U.S. President’s …
The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) today officially launched the country’s first national digital teaching and learning platform Khang Panya Lao, which has been developed with the support of UNICEF and in collaboration with the European Union …
The growing number and share of older persons in Asia and the Pacific represent success stories of declining fertility and increasing longevity; the result of advances in social and economic development. This demographic transition is taking place agai…
The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), with the support of Australia through the BEQUAL programme, has developed a new docuseries called “the Role Model series”.The series will be disseminated via TV, radio, newspapers and social media from Sept…
The Ministry of Health (MoH) together with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Save the Children on Sep 7 celebrated the success of the integrated Nutrition and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Project – USAID Nurture…
UNICEF Lao PDR and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over hygiene supplies and personal protective equipment (PPEs) to the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) last Friday to support the ministry’s efforts to ensu…
On Friday, September 3, 2021 more than 11,000 Shanghai University freshmen students, both foreign and Chinese, attended an opening ceremony of academic year 2021-2022.Established in 1922, Shanghai University now ranks 16th among Chinese mainland univer…
We welcome the recent announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office, and the Ministry of Education and Sports to start the new school year across the Lao PDR on 6 September, and call for keeping schools open for in-person learning unless the epidemiolo…
