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The Partnership is a Good Investment

The Global Partnership for Education gets more children into school, for a longer time and for a better education

The Global Partnership for Education is the only multilateral mechanism focused on funding the early years of primary and early secondary education.

Since 2003, we’ve seen real impact: the Partnership has helped put nearly 23 million more children into school, supported the construction of over 37,000 classrooms and trained over 413,000 teachers. The Global Partnership for Education gets more children into school, for a longer time and for a better education, especially for girls.

Since 2003 the Global Partnership has fundamentally transformed international cooperation in education and:

  • Helped its developing country partners set up quality national education plans;
  • Coordinated donors' action and investments at the country level;
  • Committed $2.6 billion to date in direct trust fund support and ensured that external financing flows are coordinated to reduce aid dependency;
  • Increased domestic financing for education by 6% annually.
The Partnership works. Here are our results:
+23 Million+37,000+413,000

Children enrolled into school between 2002 and 2009

Children enrolled into school since 2003

Classrooms have been constructed

Classrooms have been constructed

Teachers have been trained

Teachers have been trained

220 million62%+700,000

New textbooks have been distributed in primary schools

New textbooks have been distributed
in primary schools

Of newly enrolled children are girls in EFA FTI countries

Of newly enrolled children are girls
in the Global Partnership for Education countries

Children now receive a daily school meal

Children now receive a daily school meal

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Last Modified: January 10, 2013