Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia officially launched the training on the revised Grade 5 National Curriculum with a six-day training of trainers’ workshop for Master Trainers.
The Master Trainers Training marks the beginning of the nationwide training cascade to prepare 13,268 Grade 5 teachers, principals and pedagogical support providers ready to implement the new curriculum in September.
Australia reaffirms its commitment to quality primary education for all children in Lao PDR
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong and Lao Vice-Minister of Education and Sports H.E Dr Sisouk Vongvichit observed the implementation of the new National Primary Curriculum
Australia and Ministry of Education and Sports acknowledge international students who recorded audio files for the new Grade 5 English curriculum.
Lao students will learn English in an entertaining way while being exposed to a diversity of native accents in spoken English.
The Ministry of Education and Sports, with support from Australia, promotes the importance of locally made teaching and learning resources in active learning pedagogy.
Locally made teaching and learning resources is the topic of the new Role Model docuseries episode that has just been released on TV, radio and YouTube
Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR, with support from Australia, approves the revised Spoken Lao Program materials to support non-Lao speaking grade 1 students in remote primary schools
The revised materials will be used for an extended pilot in 21 districts across 10 provinces
Ministry of Education and Sports, with support from Australia, establishes teams of over 1,000 Internal Pedagogical Support providers across 30 target districts.
Internal Pedagogical Support team members were selected based on skills and experience and 56% are women.
The Ministry of Education and Sports, with the support of the Australian Government, release new materials on YouTube to support English teaching and learning in primary schools.
Over 100 Grade 4 English animated audio tracks have been uploaded to the ວິດີໂອສໍາລັບການພັດທະນາຄູ Teacher Development Videos YouTube channel
To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Ministry of Education and Sports and the Australian Government support gender equality training for the E-learning, and the Information and Media Center teams.
On this occasion, Australia hands over equipment of a value of LAK 476,000,000 (AUD 40,400) to the E-learning team to produce more teacher development videos.
Opening of the third BEQUAL regional office in Khang Khai Teacher Training College (TTC)
Australia strengthens its support to the Ministry of Education and Sports on quality of primary teaching improvement with the establishment of BEQUAL offices in three target TTCs
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia open a second regional BEQUAL office based in Luang Namtha Teacher Training College
Australia and the Department of Teacher Education are working in partnership to build the capacity of target TTCs to provide teacher continuing professional development.
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia hold a series of Capacity Building Workshops on Continuing Professional Development in target Teacher Training Colleges (TTC)
Australia through the BEQUAL program will provide more support to the Ministry of Education and Sports on teacher professional development and training
Ministry of Education and Sports approving new Grade 5 textbooks and teacher guides developed with the support of Australia
This is the final year of the primary curriculum revision endeavour that started in 2018 with the support of Australia
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australian Government promote awareness and understanding of disability issues and inclusive education
On the occasion of the International Day of People with Disability, MoES and Australia organized a two-day workshop on inclusive education for Master Trainers and Provincial Trainers.
Official opening of the BEQUAL office based in Savannakhet Teacher Training colleges (TTC) in partnership with the Department of Teacher Education and with support from Australia
Australia, through the BEQUAL program, and the Department of Teacher Education are working in partnership to build the capacity of target TTCs to provide teacher continuing professional development.
Australia and Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR announced the official launch of the BEQUAL Program Phase 2
Australia’s support to primary education through the BEQUAL program will amount to AUD 28 million over four years (2022-2026)
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia celebrate the start of the nationwide teaching of the new grade 4 curriculum and recognize the key role of teachers in the success of the new curriculum in Laos
On Teachers’ Day, the Vice Minister of Education and Sports and the Australian Deputy Head of Mission officially handed over the new grade 4 materials to the teachers
Australia hands over video production equipment to the Information Media Center of the Ministry of Education and Sports of Laos
On this occasion, Australia and Ministry of Education and Sports visited the Information Media Centre studio and congratulated the team for their progress in Gender Equality and Inclusive Education
Supporting students from non-Lao speaking backgrounds: the latest teacher development video produced by the Ministry of Education and Sports, with the support of Australia
With this new training video, teachers can learn 5 basic techniques for supporting students from non-Lao speaking backgrounds
Celebrating International Literacy Day and the work of Lao Language writers
Teaching of the new Grade 4 Lao Language curriculum, developed by the Ministry of Education and Sports with the support of Australia, starts nationally this September.
Australia supports the Ministry of Education and Sports with the writing of a textbook and teacher guide for the new Grade 5 Science and Environment curriculum.
The new primary Science and Environment curriculum focuses on active learning through experiments that help students relate science to their daily lives and local contexts.
Australia, through its BEQUAL program, installs a new modern recording system in the sound studio of the Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR.
The new sound recording system will enable the Ministry to enhance the quality of their radio program as well as their audio teaching and learning resources production.
Ministry of Education and Sports and the Government of Australia promote inclusive education practices with a new “Role Model” docuseries episode
The media team from MoES travelled to Xiengkhouang to interview a passionate and dedicated teacher who is an inclusive education role model
Ministry of Education and Sports, with support from Australia, hosts the Spoken Lao Pilot Stakeholders Forum to discuss Lao Language support to non-Lao speaking grade 1 students in remote primary schools
A Spoken Lao curriculum has been piloted for two years in 80 remote schools and is now being revised to be ready for roll out in additional provinces
How to make and use flashcards: the latest teacher development video produced by the Ministry of Education and Sports, with support of Australia
Flashcards are a very useful learning and teaching tool for teachers to encourage their students to participate actively and engage
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia officially launch the training of Grade 4 teachers on the new curriculum in a mix of online and face to face 6-day workshop.
The Master Trainers Training marks the beginning of an extensive series of cascade training to get over 9,000 Grade 4 teachers and pedagogical advisors ready to implement the new curriculum nationwide in September.
Supporting women’s empowerment – a success story from Samuay District, Salavan Province
Australian Government, through its BEQUAL program, works with key counterparts at all levels of the Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR to encourage and promote messages of gender equality and opportunities for women in implementation of program activities
Australia and Ministry of Education and Sports acknowledge international volunteer students who supported the production of Grade 4 audio materials
A total of over 100 audio tracks will be available to Grade 4 Lao students and teachers to learn English in an entertaining way while being exposed to the diversity of native accents in English spoken language.
Responding to challenges due to COVID-19, Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia scale up blended learning to all teacher trainers nationwide
The aim of this initiative is to develop trainers’ skills and confidence in using Zoom to participate in and deliver online workshops and provide continuous support using blended online and face-to-face methods
International Women’s Day celebration: Australian Ambassador and Minister of Education and Sports stress the importance of gender equality and women’s empowerment in teacher education
They congratulated the Department of Teacher Education and the Provincial Education and Sports Services for selecting diverse and more gender balanced teacher training teams
Australia reaffirms its commitment to support Lao Government to improve teaching and learning in Laos, with a focus on disadvantaged areas and inclusive education
Ministry of Education and Sports national and provincial stakeholders and Australia discuss the recent progress and plan for the development and implementation of the new primary curriculum
Ministry of Education and Sports approving new Grade 4 textbooks and teacher guides developed with the support of Australia.
For Grade 4, Australia supports the development, production, distribution, and training of teachers for Lao Language, Science and Environment and English subjects.
Department of Teacher Education develops four new Teacher Support Pack modules with support of Australia
Those modules are addressing most common challenges faced by primary teachers
Ministry of Education, with support from Australia, reviewing the provincial training teams for the new primary curriculum during a 2-day online workshop connecting representatives from all 18 provinces
This year a gender equality target was identified for each province with the aim of increasing the number of female team members to 50% or as close as possible
Interview of Minister of Education and Sports and Australian Ambassador on the efforts and hard work to complete the new Grade 3 curriculum implementation
Despite the on-going COVID-19 challenges, Grade 3 teachers are trained, and new textbooks and teacher guides are delivered nationwide.
Learn how to communicate without speaking
In celebration of International Day of people with disabilities, the Australian-funded BEQUAL program organized a fun and interactive session to learn basic Lao Sign Language.
RIES curriculum writers, with support from Australia, completed the writing of Grade 4 English lessons despite the lockdown!
The curriculum writers successfully adapted the way they were developing lessons to continue working online in an even more collaborative process.
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia congratulate educational staff at national and subnational level for their ongoing efforts to ensure successful implementation of the new primary curriculum despite COVID-19 challenges.
New grade 3 materials are in schools, teachers are trained, grade 4 curriculum is in development. However, concerns were raised about schools still being closed.
Ministry of Education, with support from Australia, doing online training for 28 districts to support teachers with the implementation of the new Grade 3 curriculum
Due to travel restrictions and local lockdowns, training has commenced last week online, taking this opportunity to develop participants’ skills for using online meeting platform.
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia release new materials on YouTube to support Grade 3 English teaching and learning.
A new video demonstrating the 21 Grade 3 sounds as well as over 100 English audio tracks have just been released in the ດີໂອສໍາລັບການພັດທະນາຄູ Teacher Development Videos YouTube channel.
Ministry of Education prepares implementation monitoring and evaluation frameworks for the ninth Education and Sports Sector Development 5-year Plan 2021-2025.
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.
Ministry of Education and Sports launching a new docuseries “the Role Model Series” with the support of Australia to promote best teaching and inclusive education practices around Lao PDR
The media team from MoES travelled to Luang Prabang to interview the first role model, a passionate teacher and active learning expert who explained how this new practice helps children learn better
Minister of Education and Sports and Australian Ambassador observe the orientation training for Grade 3 teachers on the new improved primary curriculum
9,645 Grade 3 teachers and 366 pedagogical advisors are being trained across the country. The workshops are designed to ensure COVID-19 prevention measures.
Ministry of Education and Sports, with support from Australia, hold the final workshop for approval of the trial results for the Primary Pre-Service Diploma Curriculum.
The Representatives from relevant departments of MoES and Senior Management teams of all TTCs meet to review the development and implementation of each subjects and to approve the results of the Primary Pre-Service Diploma Curriculum trial.
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia promoting Phonics method to learn English
A new teacher development video to introduce English Phonics has just been released by the Ministry of Education and Sports, with support from Australia.
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia launch the training of Grade 3 teachers on the new curriculum
The delivery of this massive nationwide cascade training was designed to fully ensure COVID-19 prevention measures
Tetra Tech teams in Laos showing strong commitment to protect themselves and others during Covid-19
Tetra Tech work on COVID
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia finding solutions to continue the production of teacher training videos amidst COVID-19 lockdown
When filming and editing studios are relocated at home
Ministry of Education and Sports releasing a new teacher development video with support from Australia
The new video explores different techniques of the new Grade 2 Lao Language curriculum and are for the first time dubbed in Sign Language
Ministry of Education and Australia dubbing teacher development videos in Sign language
All future teacher development videos to train teachers on the new improved primary curriculum and the new pedagogical approach will be dubbed in Sign Language.
Australia training Ministry of Education and Sports teams on how to make video, photography and illustrations more inclusive
Celebrating International Women’s month, the “Inclusive Image in media” workshop explore how to promote gender and inclusive education in the imagery produced by the Ministry of Education and Sports.
Australia supporting the Department of Teacher Education with Continuing Professional Development
The newly established in-service curriculum writers team attended their first writing workshop to produce high-quality teacher learning resources for primary teachers
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia developing a communication campaign to promote textbook care
Last week, the Information and Media Center team was filming a TV spot to remind students and parents to return textbooks on time and in good condition at the end of the schoolyear
Joint monitoring mission to assess the progress of the new improved primary curriculum implementation
Technical staff from the Ministry of Education and Sports will visit a total of 21 districts in 8 weeks.
Building a stronger local management team!
Last week, BEQUAL program organised a 1.5 days’ workshop on the basics of management theory for local BEQUAL and LAI managers in Laos
Ministry of Education, with support from Australia, organising a 2-day virtual online workshop connecting more than 60 Ministry, PESS and TTC staff from 8 locations across Lao via videoconference
The purpose of the workshop is to revise the 18 Provincial Trainer teams responsible for the in-service training on the new improved primary curriculum and continuing professional development support for primary teachers.
Ministry of Education and Sports, with support from Australia, holding a Primary Curriculum Stakeholders Forum with representatives from all provinceso Draft
More than 100 participants gather to share information and lessons learned on the development and implementation of the new improved primary curriculum
Ministry of Education and Sports national and provincial stakeholders and Australia discuss the recent progress and next semester plan for the development and implementation of the new improved primary curriculum
During the meeting, Australia hands over equipment to the Research Institute for Educational Sciences for the layout of curriculum materials and the production of teacher development videos
Australia harnesses international students to record lively English audio files for the new Ministry of Education and Sports Grade 3 English language curriculum materials
The audio material will enable Lao students to learn English in an entertaining way and expose them to the diversity of native accents in English spoken language
Australia training Research Institute for Educational Sciences teams on how to include Sign Language in their video materials
Future teacher development videos to train teachers on the new improved primary curriculum and the new pedagogical approach will be dubbed in Sign Language.
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia piloting a new Spoken Lao curriculum for non-Lao speaking grade 1 students in 80 remote primary schools
Grade 1 students from non-Lao speaking backgrounds will receive up to an additional hour of instructions a day to improve their ability to read and write Lao language
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australian Government launching the writing of the revised Grade 4 and 5 curriculum
Curriculum writers received guidance on how to promote active learning and integrate the multigrade strategy in the development of the new teaching and learning materials
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia launching an innovative blended learning pilot to provide ongoing support to primary teachers
Last week, Department of Teacher Education monitored remotely primary classroom observations by provincial trainers and provided live guidance via Zoom conference
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australian Government commit to continue to improve inclusion for children with disabilities in all aspects of education
In a joint event, MoES and Australia reflect on Inclusive Education with a series of testimonies and panel discussions from people living with disabilities and inclusive education experts.
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia released three new training videos on the “ວິດີໂອສໍາລັບການພັດທະນາຄູ Teacher Development Videos” YouTube Channel
The videos explore different techniques to assess and support students’ learning
Progress in the development of the new Grade 3 textbooks and teacher guides
All curriculum subject teams including writers and layout staff from the Research Institute of Educational Sciences (RIES) attended a weeklong workshop to finalise the editing of the teaching and learning materials.
Australia continues its support to the Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR to improve Lao primary education with a focus on integration of gender and inclusive education approaches
Acknowledging the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia also handed over videoconferencing equipment to the Ministry to facilitate online workshops, meetings and trainings
Australia will support two more districts from the 40 disadvantaged districts identified as a priority by the Ministry of Education and Sports to receive extra support
18 of the Ministry’s priority districts will receive extra support from Australia to strengthen the implementation of the revised primary curriculum, out of a total of 34 districts supported by Australia
Districts organizing extra activities to support G1 curriculum
7 districts took the initiative to use savings made through efficient management of Education Support Grants, to reinforce Grade 1 teachers’ professional development
Ministry of Education and Sports filming new training videos for the primary teachers
While teachers are being trained nationwide on the new Grade 2 curriculum, the Research Institute of Educational Sciences is producing new videos to train teachers on how to assess and support students’ learning
National training of all Grade 2 teachers on the new curriculum
10,304 Grade 2 teachers and pedagogical advisors are being trained across the country. Delivery of the workshops has been modified to ensure COVID-19 prevention
Champasak excels in demonstrating COVID-19 Prevention best practice during the teacher training workshops
Champasak Provincial Education and Sports Services (PESS) and its 10 District Education and Sports Bureaux have organised the training of 833 participants including all Grade 2 teachers and Pedagogical Advisors in the province implementing strict COVID-19 prevention measures.
Progress in the development of the new Year 2 Primary Teacher Education curriculum
With support from Australia and European Union, the Ministry of Education and Sports is developing a new approach to teaching and learning
Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) monitoring the new Primary Teacher Education Curriculum implementation in two focus Teacher Training Colleges (TTC)
The monitoring visits were put on hold during the COVID pandemic when TTCs were temporarily closed but have now resumed
Teachers consultations on the new Grade 3 materials
Their feedback will inform the development of the final versions of the new Grade 3 textbooks and teacher guides to be implemented in September 2021.
Ministry of Education and Sports, Australia and the European Union discuss the impact of COVID-19 for the Grade 2 and Grade primary curriculum development and implementation
The BEQUAL Technical Meeting was organized as a hybrid online and in-person event in four different locations simultaneously to ensure social distancing, reduce travelling and other COVID-19 prevention measures.
Ministry of Education and Sports and Australia launch the training of trainers for the new Grade 2 curriculum
The delivery of the training was designed to ensure COVID-19 prevention measures
Deliveries of new Grade 2 school materials completed for all 148 districts!
Districts will now liaise with the primary schools to distribute the new textbooks and teacher resource boxes to all Grade 2 schools before the start of the new school year
Ministry of Education and Sports, Australia and European Union gearing up for start of next school year
Australia and European Union continues to support the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) with grade by grade curriculum development and delivery during COVID crisis
First positive results of the new Grade 1 curriculum implementation reported by districts from six provinces
98% of the Grade 1 students observed in over 1,900 primary schools were learning with the new set of textbooks.
Special Day for Grade 1
Today is the last day of school – Time to remember the best moments and imagine activities for the break
New TV teaching-learning program to support primary students during the COVID-19 crisis
The Ministry of Education and Sports immediately launched a new TV/radio teaching program covering the key primary subjects in response to the schools’ closure
For the BEQUAL team, Earth Day is every day!
Last year, Coffey’s BEQUAL team in Laos decided to minimize its negative impact on the environment and to take action against single plastic use in the workplace.
New teaching and learning resources for Grade 2 classes
The packing of 9365 Grade 2 teacher resource boxes was finished right in time before the Prime Minister’s order 06 came into effect. The trucks are scheduled to depart after the PiMai holidays to deliver to 148 DESBs for every school in the country.
Look what we have learnt!
A special day for Learn Together – Parents come to visit the classroom…
New training videos released on the “ວິດີໂອສໍາລັບການພັດທະນາຄູ Teacher Development Videos” YouTube Channel
The new videos on the core Lao Language techniques of the new Grade 1 curriculum and on professional development activities
Sports Day
Come join Nok Noy, Nok Young, the storytelling team and your favourite little clay heroes for Sports Day!
New Physical Education curriculum – Grade 3 students will practice yoga at school
Teaching yoga have many benefits; it will help improves students’ behaviour, physical health and academic performance.
Learning to count
3 pigs + 2 cows + 3 ducks =?
Have fun learning to count with this new episode of Learn Together
Enjoying Reading
Do you remember your first poem? The first books you were able to read by yourself?
Follow the adventures of your favorite heroes and discover a beautiful poem on a special garden in this new episode of Learn Together.
Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and Australia celebrating International Women’s Day with three primary teachers from Luang Namtha remote highlands.
What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day and promote the importance of education than meeting 3 inspirational women teachers and providing them with the opportunity to learn about the supply chain of the new Grade 2 learning materials in a refurbished Ministry’s Km3 warehouse.
Preparing engaging and active lessons for primary students – A new approach to teaching and learning
Primary Curriculum Writers attended a three-day professional development workshop to strengthen their active teaching and learning curriculum writing skills
Play Time
Have you ever had an argument with your best friend? How did you resolve it? And what about recess? Are you playing with you friends or do you wander alone not knowing what to do? Follow the adventures of your favorite heroes and learn about being a good friend!
“Pre-service Curriculum Revision Workshop 2” from 10th to 14th February
Curriculum writers revise Semester 1 Year 1 materials based on feedback from teacher-trainers at the trial TTCs
Learning Sciences Together
Will the leaf float or sink? And the little stone? Have you ever tried to drop objects in the water to see what will happen?
First national “Symposium on Multi-Grade Teaching and Learning” hosted by the Research Institute for Educational Sciences on January 23, 2020
In preparation for the implementation of the new Grade 2 curriculum and commencement of Grade 3 writing, education stakeholders convene to discuss how to address multigrade teaching in primary school
First impressions from teachers and trainers who piloted the new Grade 2 curriculum orientation training
Last month, a group of 3 Master Trainers and 25 Grade 2 teachers participated in the trial of the Grade 2 curriculum orientation training to learn about and test the new Grade 2 teaching and learning resources that will be used nationwide starting next school year
New training videos released on the ວິດີໂອສໍາລັບການພັດທະນາຄູ Teacher Development Videos YouTube Channel
The new videos focus on the core Lao Language techniques of the new Grade 1 curriculum
BEQUAL Education Innovation Fund (BEIF) Learning Workshop
Actors from the education sector are convening today to discuss results, learnings and next steps from fifteen innovative pilot projects
“Pre-service Curriculum Development workshop – Assessment” from 9 to 13 December 2019
In September 2019, the training of all Year 1 teacher trainees in the 8 Teacher Training Colleges started with the new pre-service curriculum. As the end of the first semester approaches, the pre-service curriculum development teams are preparing for the new end of Semester 1 assessment to evaluate teacher-trainees’ understanding, knowledge and skills after this first period of teacher training.