Partner since:
Total grant support: US$271,473,322
Grant eligibility:
Education sector plan
Objective: Promote an equitable education system, create the conditions necessary for a quality education system, and improve governance and management of the sector.
Coordinating agency: Ambassade de France
GPE Team lead: Blandine Ledoux, Ludovic Signarbieux
Since joining GPE in 2002, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has increased the primary school completion rate from 29% to 70%. Still, many students enrolled in primary school do not complete it, and around one-quarter of primary age children are out of school.
For those in school, 73% are not proficient in reading and 81% are not proficient in math. To unlock large-scale change, DRC is working with GPE and other partners to improve the quality of teachers and teaching.
Better trained and supported teachers – and an increase in the number of female teachers – are expected to enhance the learning environment, boost student performance, and create a more resilient education system.
The DRC aims to improve teachers’ mastery of disciplinary content as well as their ability to support vulnerable students. Additional measures to upgrade the profession include merit-based teacher recruitment, a quality assurance system, and improved social protections to support teacher retirement.
The government and partners are also improving infrastructure and equipment to make schools a better place for teachers to work and for students to learn.
(data as of September 21, 2023)
Type: Program development
Years: 2023
Allocation: US$200,045
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: WB
Type: Program development
Years: 2023
Allocation: US$200,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: AFD
Type: System capacity
Years: 2021 - 2025
Allocation: US$760,000
Utilization: US$707,567
Grant agent: UNESCO
Type: COVID-19
Years: 2020 - 2022
Allocation: US$30,000,000
Utilization: US$14,878,191
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Accelerated funding
Years: 2020 - 2022
Allocation: US$40,000,000
Utilization: US$19,415,657
Grant agent: UNICEF
Ensure access and retention in quality inclusive education in a safe and protective environment with a gender-sensitive approach and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus for 217, 800 girls and boys aged 6-17 in the most affected provinces by the crises in the DRC.
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2017 - 2022
Allocation: US$100,000,000
Utilization: US$99,418,356
Grant agent: WB
Increase access to and quality of basic education and strengthen institutional capacity to deliver quality basic education.
Type: Sector plan development
Years: 2015 - 2016
Allocation: US$87,102
Utilization: US$87,102
Grant agent: WB
Type: Program development
Years: 2015 - 2016
Allocation: US$302,114
Utilization: US$302,114
Grant agent: WB
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2013 - 2017
Allocation: US$99,924,060
Utilization: US$99,924,060
Grant agent: WB
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting:
