Partner since:
Total grant support: US$24,052,476
Grant eligibility:
Partnership Compact
Priority: Accelerating educational transformation by reducing inequality, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable populations
Coordinating agency: Ayuda en Acción
GPE Team lead: Katherina Hruskovec Gonzalez
While Honduras made significant progress in expanding access to primary education, enrollment declined from 2018 to 2022 and is lagging in other levels of education.
Existing low enrollment was compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic and tropical storms, which have destroyed education infrastructure and affected education service delivery.
On average, students complete 8 out of the 13 years of compulsory schooling.
Low learning is a barrier to children progressing through and completing school: around half of grade 3 students lack basic reading and math skills (ERCE). Other barriers include poverty, child labor, migration, violence and insecurity, and teen pregnancy.
Honduras’ Strategic Plan for the Overhauling of the National Education System (PRESENA) 2024-2033 states that structural challenges perpetuate and widen existing social inequalities, especially between urban and rural populations.
In line with the PRESENA, Honduras’ Partnership Compact identifies accelerating educational transformation with an emphasis on reducing inequalities and addressing vulnerable populations as a priority.
The government led dialogue with education sector stakeholders to align resources behind the national priority and reforms that aim to deliver impact at scale.
A focus on improving governance aims to strengthen administrative capacities, modernize information systems, and improve risk management.
Efforts to improve education access and quality include reducing rural and urban disparities, improving student retention and progression, and strengthening learning.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
of children start learning one year before entering primary school
of government expenditure on education
(data as of July 11, 2025)
Type: Multiplier
Years: 2025 - 2030
Allocation: US$12,000,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: Inter-American Development Bank
Type: System capacity
Years: 2025 - 2028
Allocation: US$803,000
Utilization: US$32,117
Grant agent: World Bank
Type: Multiplier
Years: 2020 - 2026
Allocation: US$10,000,000
Utilization: US$5,780,334
Grant agent: World Bank
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting Foro Dakar Honduras for the 2024-2026 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).
