10 March 2023

My House Season 3

The third season of My House features 12 episodes with sign language interpretation. The series imparts basic knowledge to children and children with mild disabilities, from the Lao alphabet to colors, as well as helpful information for parents to provide nurturing care for their children. The series also integrat...
09 January 2023

In Lao PDR, a digital transformation of education has begun

There’s an air of excitement at the SOS Boarding School on the outskirts of Vientiane capital, Lao PDR. The school bell rings and a line of adolescent girls in crisp white colored shirts and black Lao ‘sin’ – a traditional patterned skirt - file through the classroom door with giggles and smiles. They know that cl...
15 November 2022

The Government of Lao PDR and partners commit to work together in expanding access to digital learning

Vientiane, 15 November 2022 – The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and the Ministry of Technology and Communications (MTC) held a meeting on Tuesday 15 th November to review Lao PDR’s progress towards digital transformation in education and plans to scale up the use of digital technology to improve learni...
01 November 2022

TV Series ‘My House’ Returns for Third Season

Vientiane, 28 October 2022 – Lao children will soon enjoy the third season of “My House”, a popular educational and entertaining TV series supporting early childhood development. The series aims to promote the physical, cognitive, social and emotional development of young Lao children. The Ministry of Education an...
28 September 2022

Australia provides more vaccines to help protect Lao children from COVID-19

Vientiane, 28 September 2022 – A delegation from the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) of Lao PDR, the Australian Embassy in Vientiane and UNICEF visited a primary school in Vientiane Capital today to observe the vaccination of school children for the first times using the pediat...
21 September 2022

In the post COVID-19 recovery, we can transform education by turning challenges into opportunities

Since arriving in Laos in August 2020, I have met outstanding, inspirational individuals wherever I travel in the 18 provinces of Lao PDR to see the impact of UNICEF’s work on the ground. During my recent travel, I met May, a 22-year-old woman who greeted me graciously in the Lao style, and in perfect English. Whe...
21 September 2022

Lao PDR shares good practices to identify solutions to learning crisis at global UN Summit

Vientiane, 20 September 2022 – A delegation from the Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao PDR, accompanied by UNICEF Lao PDR, has concluded its mission to New York for the global Transforming Education Summit. The three-day summit, convened by the UN Secretary General as part of the 77th session of the UN Gener...
08 September 2022

School’s Back!

It was early in the morning but the Nong Ping Primary School in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR, is already bustling with activity. The students were bursting with energy amassed over the summer break, which was finally given expression once they saw the faces of their friends. Immediately, they ran up to greet and hug...
19 August 2022

Opening up to the frontiers of digital learning with the Learning Passport

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought havoc across the globe, but it is also accelerating digital learning as never before. In the face of school closures, the Lao PDR Ministry of Education and Sports looked to UNICEF’s Learning Passport, which it adapted and called Khang Panya Lao or Lao Wisdom Warehouse. The country...
04 August 2022

Government of Lao PDR Endorses National Statement of Commitment to Education Ahead of Global Education Summit

Vientiane, 4 Aug 2022 – The Government of Lao PDR has agreed to endorse in principle the National Statement of Commitment to Transforming Education in Lao PDR, which will help strengthen national efforts to improve education quality, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was reached at a...
26 July 2022

New Online Platform to Strengthen Education Data Management in Lao PDR launched

Vientiane, 25 July 2022 – The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) launched today the Lao PDR Education and Sports Management Information System (LESMIS), a digital platform that will provide access to all key education data in Lao PDR in an integrated manner to help inform policies to improve learning outcomes...
20 July 2022

New COVID-19 Education Response and Recovery support Through Digital Technology Launched with the Support of the Government of Japan

Vientiane, 20 July 2022 – The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES), Japan and UNICEF announced last week a new partnership worth USD 621,000 for 1 year aimed at mitigating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children’s learning. A key focus of this support, which includes development and distribution of digital ...