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Education in Laos. In 2005, the literacy rate in Laos was estimated to be 73% (83% male and 63% female). [1] The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) [2] finds that Laos is fulfilling only 74.0% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to education based on the country's level of income. [3] HRMI breaks down the right to education by ...
Education in Laos (post-1990) The Lao government identified the need to equip citizens with the necessary skills and knowledge in the modern working environment. [1] This has resulted in an improvement in the adult literacy rate (age 15 and above). Based on the 2005 census, the literacy rate was recorded at 72.7%.
Action with Lao children (ALC) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation. ALC aims to achieve a fair global society by improving the dissemination of education so as to equip children with the rights and ability to create their own future. ALC focuses on promoting literacy education and creating a conducive environment to nurture children ...
Still, progress has been made since Laos joined the World Health Organization in 1950: [2] life expectancy at birth rose to 66 years by 2015; malaria deaths and tuberculosis prevalence have plunged; and the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) has declined by 75 percent. [3][4]: 2. Although diets are not grossly inadequate, chronic moderate vitamin ...
Illegal logging is also a major problem. Environmental groups estimate that 500,000 cubic metres (18,000,000 cu ft) of logs are being cut by Vietnam People's Army (VPA) forces, and companies it owns, in co-operation with the Lao People's Army and then transported from Laos to Vietnam every year, with most of the furniture eventually exported to western countries by the VPA military-owned ...
The insurgency in Laos is a low-intensity conflict between the Laotian government on one side and former members of the Secret Army, Laotian royalists, and rebels from the Hmong and lowland Lao ethnic minorities on the other. These groups have faced reprisals from the Lao People's Army and Vietnam People's Army for their support of the United ...
Pakse Campus. Eastern Star Schools are founded in 2006 as a private bilingual school in Vientiane, Laos. Its name was Eastern Star Bilingual School, and this name changed in 2016 to the current name, Eastern Star Schools. School offers coed education in English and Lao for students age 2 to 18 in three different locations.
In 2016, Barack Obama became the first sitting president to visit Laos since the start of Communist rule. The U.S. government provided more than $13.4 million in foreign assistance to Laos in FY 2006, in areas including unexploded ordnance clearance and removal, health and avian influenza, education, economic development, and governance.