Partner since:
Total grant support: US$193,726,022
GPE 2025 grant eligibility:
Partnership compact
Priority: Improve teachers' training for an increased and sustainable performance of the education sector.
Coordinating agency: Plan International, UNESCO
Engagement lead: Blandine Ledoux
Guinea has increased access to education, but persistent challenges include the low primary completion rate (66% in 2020), inequalities between girls and boys, lack of trained teachers, and high repetition and dropout rates. By the end of primary school, 55% of students lack minimum proficiency in reading and 43% in math (PASEC 2019).
Guinea’s Partnership Compact marks the country’s commitment to deliver quality education to all children.
The government is working with GPE and other partners to improve teachers' training for an increased and sustainable performance of the education sector.
The reform includes aligning the teacher recruitment system, teacher training (from preschool onwards), and allocation of teachers with national standards.
Guinea also aims to attract and retain more teachers by upgrading the status of the profession, for example, with better remuneration and benefits.
Improvements to the learning environment will include updated teaching and learning materials and measures to address gender-based violence. A focus on promoting girls’ education and supporting vulnerable students aims to address systemic inequalities.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
of children start learning one year before entering primary school
of primary teachers have the minimum required qualifications
of government expenditure on education
(data as of November 11, 2026)
Type: System capacity
Years: 2026 - 2028
Allocation: US$509,880
Utilization: US$29,570
Grant agent: UNESCO
Type: System capacity
Years: 2026 - 2028
Allocation: US$218,520
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: Plan Canada
Type: System transformation and Girls' Education Accelerator
Years: 2025 - 2029
Allocation: US$43,379,783
Utilization: US$2,209,095
Grant agent: AFD
Type: System capacity
Years: 2025 - 2027
Allocation: US$271,600
Utilization: US$12,189
Grant agent: World Bank
Type: System capacity
Years: 2024 - 2026
Allocation: US$316,341
Utilization: US$231,513
Grant agent: UNICEF
