Partner since:
Total grant support: US$145,019,831
Grant eligibility:
Partnership Compact
Priority: Improve the acquisition of basic knowledge and skills among all girls and boys aged 3 to 18.
Coordinating agency: PAM/WFP
GPE Team lead: Talia Miranda
Many children in Benin do not attain minimum competency levels, and persistent disparities based on location, gender and income level call for transformative change.
Benin’s Partnership Compact identifies strengthening foundational skills for all girls and boys aged 3 to 18 as a key reform to achieve results at scale.
The government of Benin is working with GPE and other partners to address the root causes of low learning, tackling four areas.
The first is ensuring the availability of qualified teachers through a comprehensive reform addressing qualifications and standards, pre-service and in-service training, accountability mechanisms, recruitment, allocation, support and retainment of teachers.
The second is strengthening the production and use of data, including learning data. The third is establishing standards for the sector with an emphasis on pre-primary education, learning in the early grades, sciences and technology in secondary, and management of schools.
The fourth addresses equity challenges by reducing economic and social-cultural barriers targeting disadvantaged areas, leveraging community-based interventions for out-of-school children and accelerating girls’ education in Benin.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
of primary teachers have the minimum required qualifications
of government expenditure on education
(data as of November 18, 2024)
Type: Program development
Years: 2024
Allocation: US$239,000
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: UNICEF
Type: System capacity
Years: 2022 - 2025
Allocation: US$585,465
Utilization: US$213,185
Grant agent: UNICEF
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting:
