Partner since:
Total grant support: US$291,961,916
Grant eligibility:
- Multiplier
- System capacity
- System transformation
Education sector plan
Objective: Reduce repetition rates and strengthen the management and governance of the education system.
Transforming education in Madagascar
The education sector plan (2018-2022) covers all of the education sector and is based on a national vision. It defines the overall vision of the country for education, which is among the goals of the National Development Plan (2015-2019) and the international objectives for the development of education, particularly, Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4).
The plan is the first for Madagascar that aligns medium- and long-term development goals for the entire education system with three ministries responsible for education and consolidates coherent subsector action plans with a common financial framework.
The plan proposes a strategy aimed in particular at reducing repetition rates by establishing 9 years of basic education (primary and junior secondary school), i.e., 5 years in primary school and 4 years in secondary school, divided into 3 sub-cycles.
The plan, which was prepared after the political crisis, emphasizes strengthening the management and governance of the education system, while proposing responses to disparities in access by having communities construct schools and by improving the intake of children with minor or moderate disabilities into the formal system (goal of 15% in 2022) and children with significant or severe disabilities into specialized institutions (15% in 2022).
To ensure increased monitoring of the education sector plan, the local education group decided to introduce a National Education Sector Support Platform (PNPSE), which above all aims to support the sector implementation of the education sector plan and the establishment of a policy dialogue and coordination instrument aimed at better alignment and greater accountability toward the beneficiaries in the education sector.
Madagascar organizes annual joint sector reviews (at the national and regional levels).
Result story
Grants
(data as of September 28, 2023)
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Type: System capacity
Years: 2023 - 2026
Allocation: US$107,374
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNESCO
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Type: System capacity
Years: 2022 - 2026
Allocation: US$220,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF
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Type: COVID-19
Years: 2020 - 2022
Allocation: US$15,000,000
Utilization: US$14,566,564
Grant agent: WB
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Objectives:
- Ensure the continuity of home education during confinement with educational content broadcast by radio and TV stations
- Ensure that measures are put in place to address girls’ vulnerability, gender-based violence, and the increased risk of marriage and early pregnancies
- Support one-time grants to around 37,000 community teachers in the less-favored areas of the country
- Prepare for the reopening of classes by disinfecting schools and distributing hygiene kits
- Strengthen the system's resilience to possible future pandemics with the development of distance learning through a digital learning platform, distance education teaching sheets and interactive educational radio programs.
Document:
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Type: Program development
Years: 2019 - 2020
Allocation: US$263,724
Utilization: US$263,677
Grant agent: WB
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Type: Program implementation
Years: 2018 - 2023
Allocation: US$66,400,000
Utilization: US$36,293,212
Grant agent: WB
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Objective:
Improve learning and promotion within the first two sub-cycles of basic education.
Documents:
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Type: Program development
Years: 2017 - 2018
Allocation: US$336,420
Utilization: US$335,247
Grant agent: WB
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Type: Program implementation
Years: 2013 - 2017
Allocation: US$85,260,367
Utilization: US$85,260,367
Grant agent: WB
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Objective:
Preserve access to primary education and improve the teaching and learning environment intargeted areas in the recipient’s territory.
Documents:
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Type: Program implementation
Years: 2012 - 2013
Allocation: US$26,920,182
Utilization: US$26,920,182
Grant agent: UNICEF
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Document:
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Type: Sector plan development
Years: 2012 - 2014
Allocation: US$248,782
Utilization: US$248,782
Grant agent: WB
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Type: Program development
Years: 2012 - 2013
Allocation: US$187,067
Utilization: US$187,067
Grant agent: WB
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Type: Program implementation
Years: 2010 - 2012
Allocation: US$22,018,000
Utilization: US$22,018,000
Grant agent: UNICEF
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Type: Program implementation
Years: 2009 - 2011
Allocation: US$15,000,000
Utilization: US$15,000,000
Grant agent: UNICEF
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Type: Program implementation
Years: 2005 - 2010
Allocation: US$60,000,000
Utilization: US$60,000,000
Grant agent: WB
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Objective:
Support the implementation of two of the three pillars of the poverty reduction support paper to improve governance and provide human and material security. It also supports a crosscutting monitoring and evaluation pillar.
Document:
Advocacy
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting:
- The Coalition Nationale (CONAMEPT) for the 2020-2023 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).
- The Multi-Sector Information Service – Tohana sy Ainga ho an’ny Tambazotran’ny Olompirenena (MSIS-TATAO) for the 2021-2023 period.
Knowledge and innovation
- Madagascar is part of the KIX Africa 21 hub.
- KIX research projects:
- Using data for improving education equity and inclusion – MICS-EAGLE
- The Forum of African Women Educationalists’ gender-sensitive school model as an innovative response to the challenge of gender equality
- Data Must Speak about Positive Deviance Approaches to Learning
- Observatory on COVID-19 Responses in Educational Systems in Africa
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