Partner since:
Total grant support: US$254,367,849
Grant eligibility:
Partnership Compact
Priority: Improve the quality of learning by reducing inequalities and vulnerabilities.
Coordinating agency: JICA, UNICEF
GPE Team lead: Ines Gabrielle Boumaiza
Senegal’s history of investing in education and engaging education stakeholders in sector dialogue mark the government’s commitment to building a strong education system.
Based on the 2019 PASEC assessment, many Senegalese students acquire basic competencies by the end of primary education, but 25% lack minimum proficiency in reading and 35% in math.
Significant socioeconomic, rural-urban and regional disparities call for a more equitable and inclusive education system. While minimal learning differences are observed among girls and boys at the primary level, gender disparities emerge in secondary education, with more girls dropping out of school than boys.
Senegal is working with GPE and other partners to improve the quality of learning by reducing inequalities and vulnerabilities. The government aims to strengthen the capacities of decentralized administrations to detect vulnerabilities and identify and implement measures to reduce them.
Schools will define and implement remedial strategies to improve learning, which could include the provision of teachers, new teaching and learning materials, upgrading infrastructure or opening a canteen.
Plans to improve sector governance include primary education learning assessments to bolster evidence for decision making, and resource allocation criteria that account for disparities, among others.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
of children start learning one year before entering primary school
of primary teachers have the minimum required qualifications
of government expenditure on education
(data as of April 29, 2025)
Type: System transformation and Multiplier
Years: 2024 - 2028
Allocation: US$78,219,790
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: AFD
Type: System capacity
Years: 2022 - 2025
Allocation: US$696,860
Utilization: US$520,934
Grant agent: UNESCO
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting:
