10 Things about the Global Partnership

1. The Global Partnership for Education is comprised of 46 developing countries, and more than 30 bilateral, regional, and international agencies, development banks, the private sector, teachers, local and global civil society groups, devoted to getting all children everywhere into school for a quality education.
2. The Global Partnership for Education changed its name from Education for All - Fast Track Initiative in September 2011. More about our name change
3. The Global Partnership for Education is the only multilateral mechanism focused on funding the education from early primary through secondary.
4. The Global Partnership for Education is not only about financing: it helps donors and developing country partners work together to ensure that education aid is better coordinated and more effective, based on countries’ own education strategies.
5. In 2011, the Global Partnership for Education is undertaking a replenishment campaign for 2011-14 that seeks more predictable aid from donor partners and a commitment to concrete results and sustained levels of domestic resources for education from developing country partners. More about our replenishment
6. The Global Partnership has delivered impressive results; since 2003 it has helped enrol 19 million more children into school, supported the construction of over 30,000 classrooms and trained over 337,000 teachers. More results
7. Thanks to the Global Partnership for Education, 68% of girls in its member countries now finish primary school and 18 partner countries have achieved gender parity in enrollments or put more girls than boys in school.
8. Despite significant progress, 67 million children worldwide are out of school worldwide. Almost half of these children live in conflicted-affected and fragile states.
9. 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty if all students in low-income countries left school simply with basic reading skills. More about the impact of education
10. The Global Partnership for Education’s strategy for 2011-2014 prioritizes increased support for fragile states, learning outcomes and quality education, and girls’ education. More about about our strategy