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Primary students in the classroom in a small village school in southern 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]
Accessibility to education in Laos is low, and this is a major problem. Only 50% of the primary schools offer full education up to Grade 5. [13] Most of the students are poor and are deterred from attending school by the costly daily transport (due to the lack of boarding facilities) as well as the opportunity cost of not working. [14]
Subjects usually taken up include Communication Arts in Mother Tongue (until Grade 3), English (some private schools break this down into Language and Reading) and Filipino, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies (taught in Mother Tongue from Grade 1-Grade 3, Filipino in Grades 4-6), Music, Art, Physical Education and Health (collectively known ...
Laos became independent in 1953 under King Sisavang Vong. The capital city is Vientiane. Other large cities include Luang Prabang, Savannakhet, and Pakse. The official language is Lao. Laos is a multi-ethnic country with the politically and culturally dominant Lao people making up approximately 60 percent of the population, mostly in the lowlands.
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
1.2 Chapter 1 - Historical Setting (Arthur J. Dommen) 1.3 Chapter 2 - The Society and Its Environment (W. Randall Ireson) 1.4 Chapter 3 - The Economy (Susannah Hopkins)
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.
Despite this, proponents maintain that successful models of SSR typically allow students to select their own books and do not require testing for comprehension or book reports. Schools have implemented SSR under a variety of names, such as "Drop Everything and Read (DEAR)", "Free Uninterrupted Reading (FUR)", or "Uninterrupted sustained silent ...