Young girls in class at the Public Primary School of Klessoum in the Chari-Baguirmi Region, Chad. February 2019. Credit: GPE/Carine Durand

Partner since:

Total grant support: US$132,452,238

Grant eligibility:

  • Multiplier
  • Multiplier and girls' education accelerator
  • System capacity
  • System transformation

Education sector plan

Objective: Improve the quality of learning and the alignment of the supply of education in vocational and technical training in relation to the job market.

Other key documents

Coordinating agency: Agence française de Développement

GPE Team lead: Blandine Ledoux

Transforming education in Chad

The Chadian school system relies on three broad categories of teachers: civil servant, trained community teachers and untrained community teachers.

The sector faces many challenge including lack of funding, the unavailability of education data, rural/urban disparities in terms of access and quality of education, the influx of refugees fleeing conflicts in neighboring countries (CAR, Nigeria and Sudan), and the fragile situation in the Lake region, which has resulted in a significant number of internally displaced children.

To overcome these challenges, the government has put in place measures, including adopting a bilingual education policy (French and Arabic) in basic education; integrating the network of refugee camps schools in the national school system, EMIS and curriculum, to name a few.

Result story

Chad: Boosting literacy and practical skills through non-formal education

  • More than half of Chad's population cannot read.
  • GPE is supporting Chad and partners to strengthen education and literacy, with a focus on the poorest regions.
  • Thousands of out-of-school children, youth and women have been able to learn literacy, numeracy and vocational skills through non-formal education programs.

Grants

(data as of August 31, 2023)

  • Type: Accelerated funding

    Years: 2023 - 2025

    Allocation: US$10,000,000

    Utilization: 0

    Grant agent: UNICEF

  • Type: COVID-19

    Years: 2021 - 2022

    Allocation: US$7,000,000

    Utilization: 0

    Grant agent: WB

  • Type: Accelerated funding

    Years: 2021 - 2023

    Allocation: US$10,000,000

    Utilization: US$2,555,954

    Grant agent: UNESCO

  • Type: Sector Plan Development

    Years: 2020 - 2023

    Allocation: US$500,000

    Utilization: US$436,279

    Grant agent: WB

  • Type: Program implementation

    Years: 2018 - 2023

    Allocation: US$50,044,830

    Utilization: US$35,695,668

    Grant agent: UNESCO, UNICEF

  • Type: Program development

    Years: 2018 - 2019

    Allocation: US$182,669

    Utilization: US$182,669

    Grant agent: UNICEF

  • Type: Sector Plan Development

    Years: 2016 - 2017

    Allocation: US$165,078

    Utilization: US$165,078

    Grant agent: UNESCO

  • Type: Program development

    Years: 2016 - 2018

    Allocation: US$199,605

    Utilization: US$199,605

    Grant agent: UNICEF

  • Type: Accelerated funding

    Years: 2016 - 2017

    Allocation: US$6,955,170

    Utilization: US$6,950,963

    Grant agent: UNICEF

  • Type: Program development

    Years: 2014

    Allocation: US$106,000

    Utilization: US$106,000

    Grant agent: UNESCO

  • Type: Program development

    Years: 2014

    Allocation: US$129,820

    Utilization: US$129,820

    Grant agent: UNICEF

  • Type: Program implementation

    Years: 2013 - 2017

    Allocation: US$40,140,000

    Utilization: US$40,044,367

    Grant agent: UNICEF

  • Type: Program implementation

    Years: 2013 - 2017

    Allocation: US$7,029,066

    Utilization: US$7,029,066

    Grant agent: UNESCO

Advocacy

As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting:

  • The Coalition des organisations des sociétés civiles pour le développement au Tchad (COSOCIDE-Tchad) for the 2020-2023 period.
  • The Civil society partnership for advocacy for non-formal education led by Groupe de Recherche et d'Action pour le Développement (GRADE) for the 2021-2024 period.

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