Partner since:
Total grant support: US$175,949,005
Grant eligibility:
Partnership Compact
Priority: Improve the quality of learning by reducing inequalities and vulnerabilities.
Coordinating agency: UNICEF
GPE Team lead: Arianne Wessal
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.
(data as of October 03, 2023)
Type: System capacity
Years: 2022 - 2024
Allocation: US$696,860
Utilization: US$381,173
Grant agent: UNESCO
Type: COVID-19
Years: 2020 - 2022
Allocation: US$7,000,000
Utilization: US$6,998,833
Grant agent: AFD
Mitigate the impact of the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on basic education, and build the resilience of the education system.
Type: Program implementation and Multiplier
Years: 2019 - 2024
Allocation: US$42,551,592
Utilization: US$35,601,170
Grant agent: AFD
Sustainably improve the performance of the education system in terms of quality, equity and efficiency by consolidating the control and regulation capabilities of the system through working in partnership.
Type: Program development
Years: 2018 - 2019
Allocation: US$177,318
Utilization: US$177,318
Grant agent: AFD
Type: Sector plan development
Years: 2016 - 2018
Allocation: US$250,000
Utilization: US$231,530
Grant agent: WB
Type: Program development
Years: 2013
Allocation: US$191,148
Utilization: US$191,148
Grant agent: WB
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2013 - 2018
Allocation: US$45,407,149
Utilization: US$45,407,149
Grant agent: WB
Improve learning outcomes for early grades, increase access to the science and mathematics tracks of secondary schools, and improve equity in access to basic education.
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2009 - 2014
Allocation: US$79,674,938
Utilization: US$79,674,938
Grant agent: WB
Contribute to attaining universal primary education by 2015 through construction, extension and equipment of classrooms and ancillary buildings.
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting:
