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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]
Education in Laos. Documentation of events before 1990. Structure of education system. The academic year is 33 weeks across all levels and is conducted in two semesters each consisting of 16–17 weeks. The table below breaks down the ages of the students in the pre-primary, primary and secondary levels in the Laos education system.
This is the list of universities and colleges in Laos. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2015) National University of Laos;
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.
The SU Faculty of Education, the second campus, covers a land area of 2 hectares and is in Ban Nasang-Veuy, much closer to the city. 2018 the university helped to establish the first Confucius Institute in northern Laos (together with the Kunming University of Science and Technology ).
The Lao PDR is one of the world's socialist states openly endorsing communism. The only legal political party is the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). With the one-party state status of Laos, the General Secretary (party leader) holds ultimate power and authority over state and government and serves as the supreme leader. [45]
The Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organization [1] (SEAMEO) is an intergovernmental organization of the eleven Southeast Asian countries, which was formed on 30 November 1965 by the Kingdom of Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the then Republic of Vietnam. [2]
Laos' first, French-written and monarchical constitution was promulgated on May 11, 1947 and declared it to be an independent state within the French Union.The revised constitution of May 11, 1957, omitted reference to the French Union, though close educational, health and technical ties with the former colonial power persisted.