Strengthening education sector: Global Partnership for Education approves $2.23m

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has approved a grant of USD 2.23 million to support the education sector in the country.

The three-year Systems Capacity Grant (SCG), with UNICEF Ghana as the grant agent, took effect in January 2025 and is expected to end in December 2027.

The initiative aims to strengthen the education sector by enhancing systemic capacity, improving policy planning and fostering sustainable educational reforms.

A statement issued by the Communications unit of UNICEF Ghana said as the designated grant agent, UNICEF Ghana would oversee the implementation of key initiatives in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.

Focus areas

The statement said the SCG would support, among others, strengthening boys’ and girls’ education programming at national and decentralised levels, reviewing and updating the Education Sector Medium-Term Development Plan to align with national priorities.

It stated that other supports would include “enhancing national capacity for crisis-sensitive and resilient education sector planning to address emerging challenges, supporting the development of Education Sector Performance Reports to improve accountability and monitoring, as well as building district-level capacity for data collection and analysis to enhance evidence,” the statement said.

Significance

Commenting on the grant, the UNICEF Ghana Representative, Osama Makkawi Khogali, emphasised the significance of the grant, saying, "This GPE grant will be instrumental in strengthening key areas of Ghana's education system, including data utilisation and inter-sectoral coordination.”

“This will enable us to deliver quality education for every child,” the UNICEF Ghana Representative added.