Balanced News: Laos needs more teachers, but budget cuts mean new hires can’t fill gap

Laos has been faced with a chronic shortage of teachers and healthcare workers in recent years. The hiring quota for civil servants has steadily declined in recent years, from 2,000 in 2020 and 1,600 in 2021 to 1,300 last year. “There are many districts in the country that will get fewer than the three persons per district,” a volunteer teacher said.