Partner since:
Total grant support: US$61,203,716
GPE 2025 grant eligibility:
Partnership Compact
Priority: Ensure quality foundational teaching and learning for all girls and boys.
Eritrea has significantly increased the number of schools and teachers over the last decade, but enrollment has fluctuated, and many children are out of school. For those in school, learning is lagging: in 2018, 65% of grade 5 students met the national minimum competency requirements for mother-tongue literacy, 45% for English literacy and 9% for math.
As outlined in Eritrea’s Partnership Compact, the government is working with GPE and other partners to ensure quality foundational teaching and learning for all girls and boys.
Interventions are aligned with Eritrea’s Education Sector Plan 2022-2026 and aim to improve school readiness, improve foundational literacy and numeracy, and enhance sector efficiency and leadership with a focus on equity.
To make sure children are ready to learn when they enter primary school, Eritrea will continue expanding early childhood education, prioritizing inclusive infrastructure, play-based teaching and learning materials, and parent and community awareness programs.
Upskilling teachers will address the high number of untrained teachers and improve instruction and classroom management.
Additional system improvements include professional development for school leadership, better education data collection and use, and strengthened monitoring and assessment of learning.
A focus on girls’ education seeks to tackle barriers with gender-responsive support, especially for the poorest girls living in remote areas.
of children start learning one year before entering primary school
of primary teachers have the minimum required qualifications
(data as of November 11, 2026)
Type: System transformation and Girls' Education Accelerator
Years: 2025 - 2028
Allocation: US$5,910,000
Utilization: US$428,536
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: System transformation
Years: 2024 - 2027
Allocation: US$9,456,000
Utilization: US$2,531,202
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: System capacity
Years: 2024 - 2027
Allocation: US$2,200,000
Utilization: US$163,848
Grant agent: UNICEF
