(KPL) On 14 October 2020, eleven Lao high school students headed for Japan to study in Japanese high schools under the Asia-Kakehashi Project (Kakehashi means “bridging” in Japanese) supported by the Japanese Government. They were full of hope at being able to travel to Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Until March 2022, these students will stay with a Japanese host family.

(KPL) 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 (EU) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).

(KPL)​ Laos and China signed an agreement to establish Luban Workshop, the first of its kind in the Lao PDR, on the sidelines of the ASEAN-China Vocational Education Exhibition and Forum 2021 held both online and on-site in Nanning, Guangxi, China on Sep 27.

A new video demonstrating the 21 Grade 3 sounds as well as over 100 English audio tracks have just been released in the ວິດີໂອສໍາລັບການພັດທະນາຄູ Teacher Development Videos YouTube channel. (KPL) In the new Grade 3 English primary curriculum developed by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), with support from Australia through the BEQUAL programme, and being launched this school year, students will learn to read and write English using aphonics approach.

This is the first time that the Ministry of Education and Sports has organized a workshop on the implementation of the 9th ESSDP 2021-2025 with participation at central ministry level with support from the Government of Australia.

(KPL) Online teaching and learning has posted some problems for both teachers and students as well as parents including budget constraints and lack of access to ICTs, and online learning facilities as well as reliable Internet connection.

(KPL) The Ministry of Education and Sports announced the opening of new academic year 2021-2022 on September 6, 2021.

(KPL) 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.

(KPL) 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 epidemiological situation does not warrant it.

(KPL) Today, Minister of Education and Sports Phout Simmalavong, and Australian Ambassador to the Lao PDR Paul Kelly visited Donnokhoum Primary School, Vientiane to observe a Grade 3 teacher training session. They attended the morning session on Lao Language, discussed with teachers and trainers to receive their impressions and comments on the new curriculum and training, and they officially handed over a new handbook for Lao Language.