GPE Results Report 2018

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Aug

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Notable results were achieved in education sector planning and domestic financing. GPE also received strong donor support.

Credit/ALT text: A school girl smiles at the camera. Avondale Infant School, Zimbabwe. Credit: GPE/ Carine Durand
96% of education plans assessed in 2016 and 2017 met quality standards compared to 58% in 2014 and 2015.
Credit/ALT text: Girls with their teacher at Miga Central Primary School, Nigeria. Credit: GPE/Kelley Lynch
79% of partner countries increased domestic financing to education or maintained it at 20% or above between 2015 and 2016.
Credit/ALT text: Two students read from a book in the #39 school in Tajikistan. Credit: GPE/Carine Durand
Targets in textbook distribution, teacher training and classroom construction were exceeded in 2017
Credit/ALT text: Children in a primary school in Lao PDR. Credit: GPE/Stephan Bachenheimer
20 donors contributed US$462 million in FY17 to GPE compared to 13 donors contributing US$250 million in FY16


Despite good progress, challenges remain in partner countries

Challenge

GPE responds

The number of primary and lower secondary out-of-school children increased, in part due to population growth, especially in low-income countries

  • Helps partner countries build classrooms, train teachers and provide textbooks
  • Provides grants focused on increasing access to basic education
 

Girls continued to be disadvantaged

  • Provides guidance on gender-responsive education sector planning
  • Assesses gender aspects of sector plans
  • Funds components on gender equality
 

The lack of trained teachers impacts children's learning

  • Studies the supply of trained teachers and their equitable deployment
  • Promotes knowledge exchange around teachers
  • Collaborates with UNESCO's IIEP-Pôle de Dakar and explores developing guidelines for country-level actors
  • Provides grants to help partner countries train teachers
 

The partnership needs to strengthen and use partner countries' systems – their institutions, human resources, procedures and tools – including annual joint sector reviews

  • Developed a roadmap to guide alignment, including engaging with grant agents and promoting good practices
  • Provides tools to support effective joint sector reviews


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