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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%. [2]
Of the ethnic groups in Laos, only the Lao Loum had a tradition of formal education, reflecting the fact that the languages of the other groups had no written script. Until the 20th century, education was primarily based in the Buddhist temple school (wat school), where the monks taught novices and other boys to read Lao and Pali scripts, basic arithmetic, and other religious and social subjects.
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Lao Statistics Bureau is the state agency charged with the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of Laos. [ 1 ] References
1.4 Chapter 3 - The Economy (Susannah Hopkins) 1.5 Chapter 4 - Government and Politics (MacAlister Brown and Joseph J. Zasloff) 1.6 Chapter 5 - National Security (Nicholas C. Auclair)
National University of Laos in Vientiane. National University of Laos "NUOL" was established by merging the higher education institutes which were under the supervision of several ministries into one university under the Ministry of Education in accordance to the Decree Number 50/PM of the Prime Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Laos dated 9 June 1995.
Laos is still ranked low for economic and political freedom. [2] The economy of Laos grew at 6.89% in 2017, [3] 35th fastest in the world. Eighty percent of the employed practice subsistence agriculture. [1] The country's ethnic make-up is diverse, with around 70% belonging to the largest ethnic group, the Lao. [1]
International School of Laos (former Eastern Star Schools) is 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, International School of Laos. School offers coed education in English and Lao for students age 2 to 18 in two different ...