Laos seeks to improve standards of education; vows efforts to reduce enrollment drop in schools

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The Lao government will step up efforts to ensure everyone is able to attend school in the South-East Asian country, and encourage more young people to study at a higher level after an increase in school dropout rates and an enrollment drop in schools and universities seen nationwide.

Speaking at the ongoing sixth ordinary session of the National Assembly's ninth legislature, which opened on Tuesday, Lao Minister of Planning and Investment Khamjane Vongphosy said that the immediate target is to get 2,500 students to enroll in courses in natural sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics in universities and other higher education institutions.