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Lack of labor market information can undermine cooperation with the private sector.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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The competency-based training approach offers shortened and modular training programs, which could provide learning opportunities to young students in rural and underserved areas.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Adverse cultural norms and beliefs should be taken into account when planning gender-specific interventions and setting related goals.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Simultaneous improvement of relevance, quality, access, and management of TVET and the development of a new labor market information system were perhaps overly ambitious especially considering the limited resources and the lack of a national and unified qualification framework.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Due diligence and an in-depth understanding of sociocultural attitudes and the identification of baseline indicators are vital to making targets more realistic and making monitoring more achievable.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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Realistic target setting of project outcome and outputs, including those of gender, will minimize changes during implementation.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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Support to higher education reforms should be planned and conceived over at least a 10- to12-year time frame to ensure that activities can be carried over and consolidated even under separate projects.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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It is important to identify actions that are realistic.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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Introduction of competency-based training and modular training program are effective methodologies as they use hands on practice rather than abstract learning. It helped students to obtain jobs in the formal sector, and enable others to become self-employed. The project, through the CBT, expanded 15 opportunities for young students, particularly in underserved areas and access to skill training programs offering official certification corresponding to their education level and financial capacity.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Increased TVET enrollment seen with social marketing campaigns and activities to change public perception and promote TVET, provision of voucher grants, and dormitories for students, particularly those from rural and ethnic communities. The project contributed to a significant increase of TVET enrollment, including female students. However, cultural norms and beliefs keep female enrollment low in the three nontraditional skill areas.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Set realistic output and outcome targets. Several project targets, including gender outcome and output targets were unrealistic because they did not consider prevailing cultural norms and insufficient information for students and parents on employment opportunities. The project boosted female student enrollment through the voucher scheme, social marketing campaigns and the provision of dormitories. However, female enrollment remained low in the three nontraditional skill areas.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Cooperation with private sector is crucial. The project collaborated with four trade TWGs in developing skill standards and curriculum to meet with labor market demand and employers’ needs. The project also enhanced the TVET institutions’ capacity to work with private enterprises. Over 40 memoranda of agreements were signed in areas of skills training and internships. There is a potential for greater private sector involvement.

Project Number: 42278-022
Project Name: Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project
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Matching scholarship programs can significantly help reduce human capital deficits in higher education.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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Collection, analysis, and use of sex-disaggregated data to inform gender plans and targets will enhance the gender performance of ADB assisted projects.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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Advance actions can help minimize startup delays.

Project Number: 42134-022
Project Name: Strengthening Higher Education Project
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