As a partnership, we are learning together what education system transformation means in different contexts and what it takes. A new blog series will share voices of different partners and practitioners, as well as insights from what we are learning across GPE partner countries and beyond.

Cambodia is committed to improving children’s learning and delivering quality education to all, by working with GPE and other partners. H.E. Lim Sothea, Director general of policy and planning at Cambodia’s ministry of education, talks about the country’s journey to achieving large-scale and sustainable change that benefits every child.

Cabo Verde is committed to improving access, quality and inclusion in education. Read what the government and its partners say about the country’s path to transforming the education system.

From the ministry to the classroom, positive leadership behaviors set the tone for countries' education transformation strategies, rallying partners behind the national vision, sparking reforms, shifting the organizational culture and leading by example in the classroom to support more equitable learning.

A theory of change plays multiple roles in education system transformation: helping actors frame their transformation vision, guiding strategic choices, untangling complexities around how to effect change and clarifying the pathway partners must take together to see improved learning outcomes.

The scale of the transformation challenge for education systems in many lower-income countries means business as usual won’t cut it. Collaboration with traditional and non-traditional actors is helping to accelerate the speed and scale of reform efforts.