Press releases and announcements
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January 30, 2019
Sierra Leone launches new GPE program, which aims to increase equitable access to education and improve learning outcomes for approximately 1 million girls and boys in public pre-primary and primary schools, with a focus on the most vulnerable children.
January 15, 2019
Jo Bourne, a widely respected leader in the global education community, has been appointed Chief Technical Officer at the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).
January 10, 2019
The Global Partnership for Education Secretariat has approved grants totaling more than US$1.3 million to support education sector analysis and planning, as well as education program development in Chad, Mali, Uganda, and Pakistan.
Videos
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January 15, 2019
Binta Ilboudo has been a teacher in Burkina Faso for 13 years. She is one of the first teachers in the country to have been trained in the modernized curriculum, created with GPE support, and to use it in her classroom.
October 23, 2018
Nicolette Henry, Minister of Education of Guyana, outlines the priorities for the new education plan; how the Global Partnership for Education helps the country achieve results; and what she considers to be the main success of the early childhood education program supported by GPE.
October 18, 2018
GPE has been supporting the government of Guyana improve the access and quality of early childhood education for the most disadvantaged children. Thanks to an integrated intervention that included training teachers and parents, and distributing learning materials, 88% of children now master letters and numbers.
Infographics
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January 24, 2019
Giving all children around the world a quality education can help reduce poverty, promote peace and foster development.
September 24, 2018
Explore the challenges that girls in developing countries face to get an education and the benefits that educating girls brings.
September 23, 2018
Learn how GPE partners work together to make sure that all children receive a quality education (infographic in German)
Slideshows
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January 07, 2019
In Yemen, the ongoing conflict and the devastating consequences of forced displacement, and damaged and occupied school buildings have disrupted the education of millions of children. GPE and UNICEF have joined forces to ensure that children can continue with their education by providing teachers with incentives and training.
June 22, 2018
Millions of people around the world are forced from their homes. Children are most affected, missing out on their education or having to adapt to a new language and system in their host country.
May 04, 2018
Partners from Burkina Faso, Honduras, Kenya, Mauritania, Niger, Tajikistan and Uganda, whether ministry official, donor or CSO representative, share why they think GPE has the right approach to achieve results in education in developing countries.
GPE media coverage
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January 28, 2019
An audit of the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination showed great improvement in 4,000 schools that have registered low performance scores for years. These institutions are part of the School Improvement Plan program being implemented by the ministry of education through a Sh8.8 billion grant from GPE.
January 24, 2019
In this op-ed, Serigne Mbaye Thiam, Vice Chair of the GPE Board of Directors, highlights that all countries have an important responsibility: to ensure that all children receive a quality education.
January 22, 2019
The Government in Kenya, with support from partners including GPE, distributed 60 million textbooks in public primary and secondary schools to achieve its goal of 1 textbook per student.