The Boosting Education Standards Together in Papua New Guinea program (BEST PNG) is an Education sector program implementation and Multiplier grant project, delivered in project mode by the National Department of Education with Save the Children as the Grant Agent.

The program’s objectives are to improve lower primary student learning outcomes in math and science in low performing provinces through strengthened pre-service and in-service teacher education, expanded access to teacher training for female teachers and improved access to textbooks. It also aims to increase enrolment of female students in lower secondary schools; improve the efficiency of the use of tuition-fee-free school grants to enhance access and learning outcomes; and ameliorate Grade 5 literacy learning outcomes.