Partner since:
Total grant support: US$23,760,655
Grant eligibility:
Partnership compact
Prioriy: Improve access, retention, quality, inclusion and internal efficiency of schools for children from preschool to the 3rd cycle of basic education.
Coordinating agency: Camões -Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, Embaixada de Portugal na Guiné-Bissau
GPE Team lead: Jennifer Hofmann
Guinea-Bissau has one of the lowest primary education completion rates in the world, with only 27% of students completing grade 6. And significant disparities based on gender, location and income level call for transformative change.
The government is working with GPE and other partners to improve access, retention and internal efficiency of schools from preschool to the 3rd cycle of basic education.
Guinea-Bissau’s Partnership Compact defines three strategic areas of intervention:
Transversal to all interventions is a focus on gender equality and the inclusion of vulnerable children in education.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
of government expenditure on education
(data as of July 14, 2025)
Type: Program development
Years: 2024 - 2025
Allocation: US$179,662
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2021 - 2026
Allocation: US$2,800,000
Utilization: US$2,181,084
Grant agent: World Bank
Strengthen institutional capacity within the Ministry of National and Higher Education to improve sector performance.
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting the Campaign Network for Education for All Guinea-Bissau (RECEPT-GB) for the 2024-2026 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).
