Partner since:
Total grant support: US$155,001,979
Grant eligibility:
Education sector plan
Objectives: Equitable access, quality teaching, adult literacy, reform of TVET and higher education, promote scientific research and better accountability.
Coordinating agency: Bureau du Coordonnateur Résident des Nations Unies
GPE Team lead: Adria Rakotoarivony
The government of Guinea faces challenges to improve the financial and institutional capacities of its education system to achieve sustainable goals in terms of school coverage, enrollment, quality and equity.
These challenges include the low primary completion rate, inequalities between girls and boys, poor learning outcomes, lack of trained teachers, and high repetition and dropout rates.
The education sector plan covering the 2020-2029 period defines six priority programs:
Guinea intends to ensure equitable access to basic education for all children, including children with disabilities and those with special needs.
(data as of September 24, 2023)
Type: System capacity
Years: 2022 - 2023
Allocation: US$236,121
Utilization: US$104,435
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2020 - 2024
Allocation: US$37,899,994
Utilization: US$16,543,586
Grant agent: AFD
Type: Sector plan development
Years: 2020 - 2023
Allocation: US$200,000
Utilization: US$200,000
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: COVID-19
Years: 2020 - 2022
Allocation: US$14,000,000
Utilization: US$6,999,592
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program development
Years: 2019 - 2020
Allocation: US$200,000
Utilization: US$200,000
Grant agent: AFD
Type: Sector plan development
Years: 2018 - 2019
Allocation: US$218,055
Utilization: US$218,055
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Sector plan development
Years: 2017 - 2018
Allocation: US$219,401
Utilization: US$219,401
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2015 - 2019
Allocation: US$37,650,510
Utilization: US$37,650,510
Grant agent: WB
Type: Program development
Years: 2014
Allocation: US$136,539
Utilization: US$136,539
Grant agent: WB
Type: Sector plan development
Years: 2013 - 2014
Allocation: US$241,360
Utilization: US$241,360
Grant agent: WB
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2010 - 2014
Allocation: US$40,000,000
Utilization: US$40,000,000
Grant agent: WB
Enhance equitable access to and quality of basic education while strengthening decentralized management of the education system.
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2010 - 2014
Allocation: US$24,000,000
Utilization: US$24,000,000
Grant agent: UNICEF
Contribute to the implementation of the Education Sector Program with the goal of reaching universal primary education through enhanced access and quality, in particular through immediate actions to combat against the declining education indicators observed since 2007.
