School Readiness Camp - Assessment Results

The School Readiness Camp is part of the School Lunch Project (2021-2025), funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Lao PDR in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) and the World Food Programme. The camp occurs over 3 months, from June to August 2024, in remote and rural communities. It aims to enhance the Lao language skills of pre-primary children and familiarize these learners who will enter Grade 1 in September with a classroom environment. This is critical in the context of rural Laos, where many children do not speak Lao at home. This assessment focused on the language skills of children across 90 schools in Khammouane Province who participated in the third cohort of the School Readiness Camp.