Dh20m learning scheme launched for children in Laos

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Dubai Cares’ Learn programme aims to bring down the drop-out rate in Laos primary education sector.
Dubai Cares' Learn programme aims to bring down the drop-out rate in Laos primary education sector.

Dubai - The Learn programme will also promote health, sanitation and good nutrition.

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Published: Tue 4 Apr 2017, 10:00 PM

Last updated: Wed 5 Apr 2017, 12:15 AM

To provide primary education to children in Laos, Dubai Cares has launched its 'Lao Educational Access Research and Networking' (Learn) spending Dh20.20 million. The educational programme will benefit 35,000 school-age children.
A delegation led by Tariq Al Gurg, chief executive officer of Dubai Cares - which is a part of Mohammed bin Rashed Al Maktoum Global Initiatives - conducted a field visit to launch the programme which aims to bring down the drop-out rate in Laos primary education sector.
The Learn programme will also promote health, sanitation and good nutrition, encourage parents to be actively involved in their children's development and education and provide children with an accelerated model of pre-school activities to prepare them for primary school.  In addition, it will provide education material and books, along with training and assistance to teachers that will support them in taking a more balanced and inclusive approach to gender-related issues in education and consequently benefit students. 
The delegation visited Oudomxay province to monitor the programme in its initial implementation stages before continuing on to the capital, Vientiane, where the programme was officially launched in the presence of Laos Minister of Education and Sports Sengdeuane Lachanthaboun.
Speaking from Vientiane, Al Gurg said: "Over the past years, the government of Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has made significant strides in terms of primary school enrolment. However, drop-out rates remain high, particularly in remote and rural areas. Through this new intervention, Dubai Cares aims to support the country in achieving its 2016-2020 policy objectives related to increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the education system."
According to the UN, Lao PDR met Millennium Development Goal 2 (MDG) target on enrolment by 2014, with a primary education net enrolment ratio of 98.5 percent. However, the retention rate to grade 5 remains low, at around 78.3 per cent in 2014/15.
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