Partner since:
Total grant support: US$332,351,265
Grant eligibility:
Partnership Compacts
Tanzania Mainland
Priority: Improve achievement of foundational skills at the basic education level.
See also: Zanzibar Partnership Compact
Tanzania has made significant progress in achieving basic education for all, especially with respect to increasing enrollment over the past 10 years. However, the introduction of free basic education in 2016 led to an influx of students into the system, and learning is lagging due to large class sizes.
The government and partners are addressing persistent challenges, including poor school conditions, teacher shortages and teacher effectiveness.
Based on the country's priority reform area – teacher workforce planning and management – GPE is supporting Tanzania to improve teaching and learning, starting with getting the right number of trained teachers deployed to the places where they are needed, namely disadvantaged areas.
A focus on gender equality and inclusion aims to hire more female teachers, improve female participation in education, and support students and teachers with special needs. A focus on the learning environment aims to ensure equitable allocation of teaching and learning materials.
In 2019, Zanzibar conducted a curriculum needs assessment and found that content required updating to prepare children for life in the 21st century. The government developed a competence-based curriculum (CBC) framework, defining learning outcomes and minimum standards for each level of education.
Zanzibar is also strengthening formative learning assessments to better understand students’ learning needs. GPE is supporting Zanzibar to accelerate reform efforts and achieve results at scale. The government and partners have endorsed improved foundational skills at the basic education level as their priority reform, focusing on reading, writing, arithmetic and creativity.
Aligned and harmonized resources support interventions, including implementing CBC at the pre-primary and primary education levels, institutionalizing teachers’ continuous professional development, and mainstreaming gender equality in education policy planning and implementation.
(data as of August 31, 2023)
Type: System transformation
Years: 2023 -
Allocation: US$84,664,800
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: System capacity
Years: 2023 - 2025
Allocation: US$3,899,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: System capacity
Years: 2022
Allocation: US$201,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: Program development
Years: 2022 - 2023
Allocation: US$200,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2020 - 2024
Allocation: US$112,500,000
Utilization: US$91,359,852
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: COVID-19
Years: 2020 - 2022
Allocation: US$15,160,000
Utilization: US$15,160,000
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: Sector Plan Development
Years: 2015 - 2016
Allocation: US$235,911
Utilization: US$235,911
Grant agent: UNESCO
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2014 - 2019
Allocation: US$92,917,597
Utilization: US$92,917,597
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: Program development
Years: 2023
Allocation: US$199,990
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: System capacity
Years: 2022 - 2025
Allocation: US$657,968
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: COVID-19
Years: 2020 - 2021
Allocation: US$1,500,000
Utilization: US$1,472,257
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: Program implementation and multiplier
Years: 2018 - 2023
Allocation: US$15,001,000
Utilization: US$8,196,479
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: Program development
Years: 2016 - 2017
Allocation: US$144,434
Utilization: US$144,434
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: Sector Plan Development
Years: 2015
Allocation: US$187,309
Utilization: US$187,309
Grant agent: SIDA
Type: Program implementation
Years: 2013 - 2017
Allocation: US$4,882,256
Utilization: US$4,882,256
Grant agent: SIDA
Improve equitable access to education and improve relevance and quality of education throughout the sector.
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting:
