We are working with the local government to improve the quality of education in Lao Cai, and increase the number of children completing school – especially girls and ethnic minorities. To achieve this, we are training a core group of teachers in the province to be trainers in child-centered teaching methods (CCM). These trainers coach ‘model’ teachers to be experts in CCM in each school – and pass the skills on to their colleagues. We are also demonstrating to the government simple but effective methods that support ethnic minority children – especially girls – not to drop out of school.

Project aims

To help children across Lao Cai succeed in school we will:

• Enable all teachers in Lao Cai to use child-centered teaching methods
• Improve the learning environment in ‘model’ classrooms, to demonstrate the benefits this can achieve
• Pilot initiatives to enable girls and children from ethnic minorities to complete their education
• Improve the ability of head teachers and education authorities to manage education services and monitor progress
• Communicate good practices locally and nationally and promote their adoption into education policies

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