Community Awarenes and Child-Friendly School at the District Nonghet, Northern of Lao PDR

Abstract

This qualitative research has purpose in order to get deep meaning of community awareness and child-friendly school at the District Nonghet, Northern of Lao PDR, relate with aspect of: (1) strengthening of Lao language as an instructional language in the school; (2)child participation to come to school; (3) role of Village Education Development Committee (VEDC); (4) child-friendly school with local wisdom. Location of the research were in four village groups at the Nonghet district, Xieng Khouang Province.The result of this research indicates that quality education and be improved if there is real involvement by the community, and community awareness and child-friendly school can be addressed, based on: (1) strong education in the family; (2) the importance of attention to the socially outside of school; (3) atmosphere environment in school; (4) methods of theaching by teacher; (5) strengthen the role of teaches as learner and educator; (6) strengthen relationship teacher-student-parent; (7) exempary habituation; (8) implementation of curriculum-based character in the teaching learning process; (9) strengthen of character education; (10) strengthen the role of school principal.