Partner since:
Total grant support: US$33,940,484
Grant eligibility:
Partnership Compact
Priority: Transform the system to ensure equitable access to quality education and learning opportunities for boys and girls.
Coordinating agency: European Union, USAID
GPE Team lead: Muhammad Tariq Khan
Kyrgyz Republic’s rapid population growth over the past decade, coupled with lack of investment in improving school infrastructure, has led to overcrowded classrooms.
Additionally, competency-based curriculum was introduced at the primary level in 2010, secondary in 2014 and upper secondary in 2017, but a lack of focus and consistency of the education content across levels calls for further revisions.
The government is working with GPE and other partners to achieve equitable access to quality school education and learning opportunities. The Kyrgyz Republic’s Partnership Compact prioritizes updating the curriculum, standards, and teaching and learning materials to enhance learning quality.
Building infrastructure with emphasis on gender-sensitive and inclusive WASH facilities will help improve access to education, especially for marginalized students.
These measures are complemented by ongoing interventions to increase preschool coverage for school readiness, strengthen teacher professional development, roll-out international learning assessments, and invest in the computerization and connectivity of schools.
Improved system governance and financing will support large-scale and sustainable change.
out-of-school rate for children of lower-secondary school age
of children start learning one year before entering primary school
of primary teachers have the minimum required qualifications
(data as of November 21, 2024)
Type: Program development
Years: 2024
Allocation: US$199,995
Utilization: 0
Grant agent: IsDB
Type: Multiplier
Years: 2021 - 2025
Allocation: US$5,000,000
Utilization: US$2,361,753
Grant agent: WB
Increase equitable access to quality pre-school education.
As part of its investment in civil society advocacy and social accountability efforts, GPE’s Education Out Loud fund is supporting the Association for Education Development in Kyrgyzstan (AED) for the 2024-2026 period. This builds on previous support from the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF).
