Students read in class
Students at the reading corner during morning break. Somsanouk Primary School, Pak Ou District, Lao PDR. Poor learning outcomes rooted in low levels of basic literacy affect children throughout Laos, but they pose a particular challenge for children from ethnic groups whose mother tongue is not the official (Lao-Tai) language of instruction. GPE and its partners are working together to develop a pilot reading readiness program in the Lao-Tai language with the objective of improving the (Lao-Tai) reading readiness of 500 children enrolled in kindergartens or preprimary classes in 127 communities in 14 Districts in Northern Laos, 70 percent of whom belong to non-Lao Tai language groups. Providing these children with the opportunity to enter primary school ready to read will give them an important head start. Studies show that when students arrive at primary school ready to learn they do better, not only in primary but also in secondary school. They are also far less likely to repeat a grade or drop out.
Lao PDR, December 2018
Credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch
Learn more: www.globalpartnership.org/where-we-work/lao-pdr
Students read in class
Students at the reading corner during morning break. Somsanouk Primary School, Pak Ou District, Lao PDR. Poor learning outcomes rooted in low levels of basic literacy affect children throughout Laos, but they pose a particular challenge for children from ethnic groups whose mother tongue is not the official (Lao-Tai) language of instruction. GPE and its partners are working together to develop a pilot reading readiness program in the Lao-Tai language with the objective of improving the (Lao-Tai) reading readiness of 500 children enrolled in kindergartens or preprimary classes in 127 communities in 14 Districts in Northern Laos, 70 percent of whom belong to non-Lao Tai language groups. Providing these children with the opportunity to enter primary school ready to read will give them an important head start. Studies show that when students arrive at primary school ready to learn they do better, not only in primary but also in secondary school. They are also far less likely to repeat a grade or drop out.
Lao PDR, December 2018
Credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch
Learn more: www.globalpartnership.org/where-we-work/lao-pdr