Partner since:
Total grant support: US$115,239,246
Grant eligibility:
Education sector plan
Objective: Promote access to quality education for all and contribute efficiently to solving the challenges of the country's education system.
Coordinating agency: UNICEF
GPE Team lead: Adrien Alain Boucher
Following the socio-political events of 2015, the government of Burundi developed a medium-term transitional education plan for 2018-2020, instead of continuing with the implementation of the 2012-2020 Education and Training Development Sector Plan.
This enables the government to focus its efforts on basic education, protect the gains until the country overcomes the current unrest and prepare a comprehensive sector plan at the end of the transitional period.
The plan focuses on basic education in order to support the basic education reform launched at the start of the 2013/2014 academic year and meet the major challenges identified by the 2014 Education Country Status Report (CSR) and the analysis of risks and vulnerabilities conducted in 2017. Considerable challenges persist in terms of equity, efficiency and learning outcomes.
The education sector is a priority for the government of Burundi in view of the share of its budget earmarked for education. The share of the education sector in recurrent expenditure excluding public debt has always been high.
(data as of August 31, 2023)
Type: System capacity
Years: 2023 -
Allocation: US$162,786
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNESCO
Type: System capacity
Years: 2022 - 2024
Allocation: US$677,927
Utilization: US$99,688
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Accelerated funding
Years: 2021 - 2023
Allocation: US$9,380,000
Utilization: US$7,236,842
Grant agent: UNICEF
Ensure the continuity of inclusive and equitable education in emergencies with a view to enabling every child to enjoy their right to education regardless of context, time and circumstances, to stimulate innovation, help the government build back better and participate in better integrating children into the education system.
Type: COVID-19
Years: 2020 - 2022
Allocation: US$7,000,000
Utilization: US$4,350,770
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2019 - 2026
Allocation: US$46,900,000
Utilization: US$17,956,769
Grant agent: AFD
Support all children to attain expected outcomes of the basic education curriculum in a most efficient manner.
Type: Program development
Years: 2019 - 2021
Allocation: US$200,000
Utilization: US$200,000
Grant agent: AFD
Type: Sector Plan Development
Years: 2017 - 2018
Allocation: US$416,927
Utilization: US$416,927
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program development
Years: 2017 - 2018
Allocation: US$201,171
Utilization: US$201,171
Grant agent: AFD
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2016 - 2019
Allocation: US$20,100,000
Utilization: US$20,100,000
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2013 - 2016
Allocation: US$30,200,434
Utilization: US$30,200,434
Grant agent: BTC
Implement the country's education sector plan.
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting the Coalition Éducation Pour Tous Bafashebige (EPT BAFASHEBIGE) for the 2020-2023 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).
