A school boy in Nicaragua. Credit: GPE

Partner since:

Total grant support: US$62,538,255

Grant eligibility:

  • Multiplier
  • System capacity
  • System transformation

Partnership Compact

Priority: Strengthening the quality of education and increasing the coverage of early childhood education, including a gender component.

Other key documents

Transforming education in Nicaragua

Nicaragua has increased enrollment in primary education, but low learning levels and high numbers of out-of-school children, especially in rural areas, call for transformative change.

The government is working with GPE and other partners to strengthen the quality of education and increase the coverage of early childhood education, with a gender component.

Aligned with the national Education Plan for 2022-2026, Nicaragua’s Partnership Compact prioritizes early learning and builds on previous GPE-supported interventions.

Nicaragua aims to boost the knowledge and skills of teachers through better training and improve the conditions of early learning infrastructure by ensuring safe, accessible, and comfortable spaces that promote child development.

Strengthening institutional monitoring of the education system, especially at the early childhood level, is expected to contribute to better quality and higher enrollment. Transversal to all planned interventions is a commitment to gender-responsive policy planning and implementation.

Result story

Nicaragua: Safer and resilient schools after Hurricane Julia

The ministry of education and UNICEF, with the support of GPE, are reactivating learning spaces to ensure at least 150 students in preschool and multigrade primary schools can continue to learn.

Key data

69%

of primary teachers have the minimum required qualifications

16%

of government expenditure on education

Grants

(data as of December 13, 2024)

 
  • Type: System capacity

    Years: 2024 - 2028

    Allocation: US$1,300,000

    Utilization: 0

    Grant agent: UNESCO

  • Type: System transformation

    Years: 2024 - 2027

    Allocation: US$4,000,000

    Utilization: 0

    Grant agent: UNICEF

  • Type: Accelerated funding

    Years: 2023 - 2025

    Allocation: US$1,000,000

    Utilization: US$84,154

    Grant agent: UNICEF

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