Partner since:
Total grant support: US$97,291,906
Grant eligibility:
- Multiplier
- System capacity
- System transformation
Coordinating agency: Irish Aid
GPE Team lead: Plamen Danchev
Partner since:
Total grant support: US$97,291,906
Grant eligibility:
Coordinating agency: Irish Aid
GPE Team lead: Plamen Danchev
In 2018, Sierra Leone set out to transform its education system by raising access and quality across all levels of schooling. Reforms have led to significant improvements, but early grade reading and mathematics assessments in 2014 and 2021 show that most students are not achieving foundational level literacy and numeracy.
The government is prioritizing foundations of learning for all to ensure that students learn to read fluently with comprehension, acquire fundamental mathematics competencies, and develop resilient socio-emotional skills.
With GPE support, Sierra Leone and partners are expanding access to pre-primary education, ensuring more students are ready to learn when they enter primary school. Clearly defined learning outcomes for grades 1-4 lay the basis for new teaching and learning materials and formative early-grade assessment tools.
The government is also investing in teachers with an aim to train, recruit, retain and support excellent pre-primary and primary educators. Reform efforts emphasize reducing gender and other disparities in access and outcomes so that all children acquire the foundational skills needed to progress through the education system.
(data as of August 31, 2023)
Type: Program development
Years: 2023
Allocation: US$157,680
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: System transformation and multiplier
Years: 2023 - 2027
Allocation: US$42,321,794
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: COVID-19
Years: 2021 - 2022
Allocation: US$7,000,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: WB
Support continued learning, recovery and resilience in the education sector.
Type: Sector Plan Development
Years: 2021 - 2024
Allocation: US$450,000
Utilization: US$271,277
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2018 - 2023
Allocation: US$17,200,000
Utilization: US$14,472,623
Grant agent: UNICEF
Increase equitable access to education and improve learning outcomes for all boys and girls in pre-primary and primary schools.
Type: Sector Plan Development
Years: 2017
Allocation: US$361,000
Utilization: US$361,000
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2014 - 2017
Allocation: US$17,656,156
Utilization: US$17,656,156
Grant agent: WB
Improve the learning environment in targeted schools and establish systems for monitoring education interventions and outcomes.
Type: Sector Plan Development
Years: 2012 - 2013
Allocation: US$249,961
Utilization: US$249,961
Grant agent: WB
Type: Program development
Years: 2012 - 2014
Allocation: US$203,908
Utilization: US$203,908
Grant agent: WB
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2008 - 2012
Allocation: US$11,691,406
Utilization: US$11,691,406
Grant agent: WB
Expand access to and improve the quality of basic education.
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting the Education For All Sierra Leone Coalition (EFA-SL) for the 2020-2023 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).