Laos selected as regional centre for French examination


Photo: French cultural center, Vientiane

(KPL) Laos has been selected as a regional centre for organising French language examination in Asia, said the agreement signed here last week by the National University of Laos and Stendhal University, Grenoble, France.

Said in the document was also the co-operation between the two educational institutes in conducting online French language study, which has French Language Centre in Vientiane as a hub for conducting distant French study, which will serve students in the Southeast Asian countries who want to get Bachelor and Master of Arts in French.

Some 13 local students and teachers have been granted scholarship for this program, including six from the National University of Laos, four from Luang Prabang Secondary School and Champassak, two from each, one from Savannakhet and two from Vientiane.

Students and teachers from Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and Australia have also been awarded scholarship.

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is among three countries in Asia which have been selected as centres for French examination for international students.