Partner since:
Total grant support: US$40,674,686
Grant eligibility:
Education sector plan
Objective: Give everyone an opportunity to be educated and to transform their lives using a holistic, inclusive and integrated approach.
Coordinating agency: JICA
GPE Team lead: Florian Rabenstein
In 2015, Papua New Guinea operationalized a national education plan (NEP) for basic education. The plan which originally covered the years 2015-2019, was recently extended until 2020 and identifies six focus areas for interventions:
Gender equality is also a cross-cutting theme reflected across the entire plan and its implementation.
The plan provides strategic direction for an integrated approach to education in Papua New Guinea and focuses on improving the quality of education for all. The NEP was endorsed by all partners including civil society organizations in 2017 following an independent appraisal.
In 2017, PNG revived the education sector improvement program (ESIP) committee as the local education group in the country.
The purpose of the ESIP committee is to facilitate effective and efficient education development in PNG through better information exchange and coordination between the National Department of Education and development partners working in the education sector.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
of government expenditure on education
(data as of May 18, 2025)
Type: Program development
Years: 2025
Allocation: US$186,916
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: System capacity
Years: 2022 - 2025
Allocation: US$700,000
Utilization: US$494,076
Grant agent: UNICEF
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting Papua New Guinea Education Advocacy Network (PEAN) for the 2024-2026 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).
