November 24-27, 2015, SEAMEO RETRAC in cooperation with the Institute for Educational Administration Development (Laos Ministry of Education and Sports) conducted the training-the-trainer course in capacity building in leadership and management for basic education trainers in Vientiane, Lao PDR. 

Attending the training workshop were 32 managers and lecturers in basic education who are currently or will be master trainers in educational leadership and management. The participants came from various areas and provinces in Lao PDR. The training course was facilitated by SEAMEO RETRAC’s educational trainers with the focus on providing and updating the knowledge, skills and practices crucial to the development of the training capacity for basic education trainers in such topics as educational leadership in the 21^st century and globalization, student learning assessment, critical thinking and ICT in teaching and learning.