[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1161, 466], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this action is that in order to respond to the labour market needs of a green and digitalised economy, in support of Lao PDR's green growth strategy, there needs to be continued progress in providing equitable access and quality education at basic and secondary level (SO1), while strengthening the delivery of TVET in close partnership with the private sector (SO2), supported by enhanced education sector governance (including education financing, planning, budgeting and monitoring) (SO3). The proposed action is fully in line with the proposed transformational approach for EU cooperation with Lao PDR under the MIP 2021-2027, which seeks to increase trade and investment, especially in green sectors, supported by enhanced education and skills, and improved governance. It falls under priority area 2 (Human Capital) of the European Joint Programming Strategy 2021-2025, which places special emphasis on education planning/budgeting, reduced regional disparities in education access and quality, and the strengthening of skills relevant to the labour market needs, including the green economy and digitalisation."}, {"bbox": [96, 483, 1161, 855], "category": "Text", "text": "The action is building on the acquis of the previous EU budget support programmes achievements in basic education (in primary and lower secondary) while also gradually transitioning towards a stronger emphasis in the TVET sub-sector in Team Europe approach. It also takes into account EU's contribution to basic education through the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and the high number of projects from other Development partners focusing on basic education. The emphasis on green TVET will complement the EU-funded agriculture and forestry programme foreseen and it will contribute to the overarching MIP objective to strengthen its trade and investment partnership with Laos, especially in green sectors. The TVET and ongoing TA support to the implantation of the ESSDP 2021-2025 components, as well as consolidated policy dialogue on education planning/budgeting with key stakeholders, will integrate coherently with the budget support indicators for mutual reinforcement, in a context of limited available financial resources (exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic) and of a ceiling in the number of staff (teaching and non-teaching) due to the \"right-sizing\" policy, which calls for increased spending efficiency. The use of budget support (which has proved successful so far in fostering policy dialogue and in achieving key education and PFM reforms) is well-suited to this challenging fiscal context."}, {"bbox": [96, 872, 1161, 1044], "category": "Text", "text": "The focus is on improving the quality of teaching/learning performances and governance of basic, secondary and vocational education (TVET), as essential factors for inclusive economic growth, women rights and human rights, particularly in rural and remote areas. This will make an important contribution towards developing a workforce with the skills, qualifications, capabilities and behaviours able to contribute to the achievement of a self-reliant economy and a strong society, in the framework of the SDGs and Lao PDR's LDC graduation. Under the three Specific objectives of the Action, the following approach will be pursued:"}, {"bbox": [96, 1060, 1161, 1261], "category": "Text", "text": "- To address the low level of quality and achievement of students, which finds its roots in ECE and primary, the action will contribute to improving teachers' training and teacher content knowledge with a view to have more teachers (w/m) satisfying Education and Fundamental quality standards (EQS and FQS), as well as to increasing the number of basic education schools complying with the teacher allocation protocols. This should in turn contribute to increase the number of grade 9 students achieving proficiency level in Lao language and Numeracy, as well as improve the promotion rate from basic to the secondary education (LSE and USE) and the completion rate at the end of the Upper Secondary Education (12th grade)."}, {"bbox": [96, 1277, 1161, 1564], "category": "Text", "text": "- To reinforce the TVET subsector, providing its graduates with the skills and occupational qualifications required by the labour market; switching from \"offer-oriented\" training modalities to \"demand-oriented\" ones. To do so, the focus will be on improving the quality of the training process and on adapting the current institutional structure to foster the inclusion of the private and/or associative sector, such as increasing the number of TVET centres developed and operated jointly by the MoES and the Private Sector under Occupational qualifications/National Vocational Qualification Framework-based Dual Cooperative Training/Compulsory Basic Training. Such measures will contribute to increase TVET intakes and to enhance the employability of its graduates; producing a skilled manpower able to meet the needs of the labour market in MoES/EU priority \"green\" sectors mentioned above, namely Agriculture, AgroForestry Agribusiness, Wood processing and Tourism/Hospitality, through both wage employment and self-employment and self-employment."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1143, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 18 of 35"}]