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Lao Educational Opportunities Trust

Registered Charity Number: 1115944

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LEOT is currently supporting more than twenty students.

The students are studying a range of subjects – including accounting, English, economics, environmental studies and mathematics – at universities and colleges in Vientiane and Luang Prabang.   

Apart from academic studies, other trades and professions are also sponsored and one student is training to be an electrician and another as a policeman.

Student performance is closely monitored and awards are made subject to continuing satisfactory progress. Students have the support of the LEOT Homeland Director who is based in Vientiane.

Student Support - It’s not just a case of paying college fees and living expenses! We listen to problems - academic and personal - and try to assist where we can.  We aim to maintain a role as guardian to the students by keeping in close contact with them and where possible, to cultivate friendships and a spirit of mutual assistance.

LEOT’s students in Luang Prabang

(2011)

To see a short video of some of our students, click here.

Student Numbers

Some of the applicants for 2011/12

For more details of the current students click here.  For our alumni click here.

If you want to know more about education in Laos then click here.

New Students - We get numerous applications made to us for support.  They are all deserving of attention and we do what we can. Wherever possible we visit potential students at their homes to see how they live, meet their parents and assess their case for support.  Not an easy job....   We have no regard to ethnicity or religion, and whilst we aim for a balance between male and female students, we have to recognize that  opportunities for female students are more limited.

The academic year starts in September, so we produce a short-list of students we are prepared to support in July/August and then it is down to the students to pass the necessary entry exam to the college of their choice.

Meeting applicant for support