Farmers in Laos have low access to education, reveals census


VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): The 3rd Lao Census of Agriculture has found that access to education among farmers is low, with 28 per cent of farmers never having attended school, 31 per cent completing only primary school, 14 per cent completing lower secondary school, and just six per cent finishing upper secondary school.

Women still have less education than men, especially at the basic education level, with 32 per cent of women never having attended school compared to 19 percent of men.

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