Development and assistance for education

(KPL) As part of the Partnership to Strengthen the Education System (PSES), the European Union (EU) and UNICEF handed over to the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) equipment for a total value of US$ 121,000, including 40 motorbikes, 62 desktop computers and three laptops. The ...

The Hongsa Power Co., Ltd. has provided 40 scholarships worth 120 million kip for secondary school students in Xayaboury province, to support their studies over the course of this academic year.Thirty scholarships worth a total of 90 million kip will go to six schools in ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Some 582 schools in nine provinces have received new classrooms and clean water and sanitation facilities from Australia in partnership with the EU, through the Basic Education Quality and Access in Laos (BEQUAL) programme.A handover ceremony for the school facilities held ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The European Union (EU) will continue to add more than 135 billion kip (14 million euros) for the ‘Basic Education Support Programme in Laos’ to help the nation achieve its education development plans.This was the message delivered during a visit to ...

More than 3,000 disadvantaged kindergarten and early primary school children in 27 villages of remote Nambak and Phonthong districts in Luang Prabang province are set to benefit from a school assistance project. The Luang Prabang provincial Education and Sports Department and Save the Children are cooperating ...

(KPL) The government of Germany has contributed EUR 4 million to Dual-Cooperative Training (DCT) through the Vocational Education Lao PDR (VELA) project phase 2.The agreement was signed in Vientiane on Aug 23 by Mr Nouphanh Outsa, Director General, DTEVT, Ministry of Education and Sports, Ms ...

Some 20 Lao students will start their advanced learning and research in Japan, supported by the Japan Human Resource Development Scholarships (JDS) and the Young Leaders Programme (YLP).A reception for students and alumni of the JDS and YLP was held in Vientiane on Tuesday to ...

The Cuban Government has provided scholarships for six Lao nationals to study in Cuba at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, as well as law and agronomy, for the academic year 2019-2020. A farewell ceremony for the scholarship awardees took place at the ...

The government, Temasek Foundation (TF) – ITE Education Services (ITEES) urban management tourism and hospitality/specialists programme has been strengthening the management skills of Lao personnel in this field.    The initiative is a collaboration between Laos and Singapore and is supported by the TF and ITEES to ...

The government of Japan has granted over US$2.8 million (nearly 24.9 billion kip) to finance Lao nationals studying in Japan from July this year until September 2024, under the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship.The grant agreement was signed in Vientiane on Monday at the ...